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mukiha
#31 Posted : Tuesday, February 12, 2013 2:01:01 PM
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jaggernaut wrote:
^^ I've always thought that Pokot (No. 13) belong to the Kalenjin grouping. Personally i belong to no. 114 - Kenyan.


Reminds me of the Kiswahili saying: "Mkosa mila ni mtumwa"
Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
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githundi
#32 Posted : Tuesday, February 12, 2013 2:13:18 PM
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Good work @ Mukiha, now can those who quote 42 tribes tell us how they come up with the number.
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poundfoolish
#33 Posted : Tuesday, February 12, 2013 2:43:42 PM
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The list of Kenyan Somali is totally wrong..
The Rendille Gabra etc etc are not Somali.. The even speak totally different language..
It seems to have mixed some Somali clans with other tribes
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FundamentAli
#34 Posted : Tuesday, February 12, 2013 4:09:43 PM
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@Mukiha,

Boranas have never been Somalis. That listing is mischievous.
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Lolest!
#35 Posted : Tuesday, February 12, 2013 4:23:27 PM
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innairobi wrote:
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.

We love figures.

That is why PK and Kidero impress us. Even Atuwooli telling us that fuel is pricier in Kenya when compared to Rwanda.
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Lolest!
#36 Posted : Tuesday, February 12, 2013 4:38:19 PM
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never understood why the Tharaka are listed separate from the Ameru
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mukiha
#37 Posted : Wednesday, February 13, 2013 8:18:52 AM
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poundfoolish wrote:
The list of Kenyan Somali is totally wrong..
The Rendille Gabra etc etc are not Somali.. The even speak totally different language..
It seems to have mixed some Somali clans with other tribes


FundamentAli wrote:
@Mukiha,

Boranas have never been Somalis. That listing is mischievous.


Good people; don't shoot the messenger!

This is NOT my list; it comes from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics [KNBS] and I have provided the rink.

Secondly, the fact that Rendille, Garba and Borana are listed BELOW (not "under") Kenyan Somali does NOT mean that they are treated as Kenya Somali sub-tribe.

Thirdly, this was the list used during the 2009 census. Ask yourself why there wasn't an outcry over it.
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mukiha
#38 Posted : Wednesday, February 13, 2013 8:23:03 AM
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By the way; I think your tribe is what you say it is. So, some people will say they are Luhya, while others will say Maragoli and yet others Kenyan - yet all will speak the same mother tongue. It's just the way you see yourself.

As for me; I am Mugikuyu... and my son wants to be a Maasai when he grows up!
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Coolio
#39 Posted : Wednesday, February 13, 2013 8:36:15 AM
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mukiha wrote:
By the way; I think your tribe is what you say it is. So, some people will say they are Luhya, while others will say Maragoli and yet others Kenyan - yet all will speak the same mother tongue. It's just the way you see yourself.

As for me; I am Mugikuyu... and my son wants to be a Maasai when he grows up!

how now?
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mukiha
#40 Posted : Wednesday, February 13, 2013 9:00:54 AM
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Coolio wrote:
mukiha wrote:
By the way; I think your tribe is what you say it is. So, some people will say they are Luhya, while others will say Maragoli and yet others Kenyan - yet all will speak the same mother tongue. It's just the way you see yourself.

As for me; I am Mugikuyu... and my son wants to be a Maasai when he grows up!

how now?


I also don't know how he'll manage that; but I'm eagerly waiting to see!
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