Eti you have luhya, maragoli, bukusu.......who is luhya then?????

This is just one of many other 'facts' Kenyans are fond of throwing around. Something along the lines of
- Kibera is home to 1 million residents.
- 75% of Nairobi residents live in the slums
- Nairobi accounts for 65% of Kenya's GDP
- The Kenyan Diaspora is home to 3 million potential voters
etc etc etc.

We are good at repeating just about anything we hear from anybody.

The count is 18. I have been told there are 42 tribes. I have heard of 41 against 1, 2 against 40 etc.

I think the fallacy of 42 tribes comes from 47 counties [which, you will recall, were just the last legally created districts of the previous constitutional order] minus the metropolises

thanks @ Mcreggae, now Wazua is speaking.
I have always argued this issue of 42 tribes has always being propaganda.
Case 1. 42 against 1:fact of the matter is gema is branded as one tribe Kikuyu. There were five tribes who voted more than 90% for Kibaki; Mbeere, Tharaka, Embu, Meru and Kikuyu.
CASE 2. Ooh 2 tribes coalition while we are coalition for all tribes. Fact: the kalenjin is a conglomeration of about ten tribes and gema about five, it would be fairer to talk about fifteen which if fact is not the case. It has been propaganda, can we have the facts:the full list.