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The 42 Tribes of Kenya
simonkabz
#1 Posted : Tuesday, July 16, 2013 11:10:47 PM
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Name them.



{Kalenjin, Luhya n Mijikenda are not tribes, yes?}.
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#2 Posted : Tuesday, July 16, 2013 11:34:23 PM
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simonkabz wrote:
Name them.



{Kalenjin, Luhya n Mijikenda are not tribes, yes?}.

i prefer using the term 'ethnic groups' and yes - the 3 are not ethnic groups but rather conglomerates.
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simonkabz
#3 Posted : Wednesday, July 17, 2013 12:35:36 AM
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Kagizzard, list them. After consulting the web, I just realized they didn't make sense, eg I saw Luhya, maragoli, kabras etc in one list, nandi,kalenjin, pokot etc in another. Any official list?
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#4 Posted : Wednesday, July 17, 2013 12:48:32 AM
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simonkabz wrote:
Name them.



{Kalenjin, Luhya n Mijikenda are not tribes, yes?}.


Kalenjin is a conglomeration of at several distinct ethnic groups, namely: Nandi, Kipsigis, Tugen, Sabaot, Marakwet, Pokot and the Elgeyo. Those are the ones I recall from my history.

It is also said that the Luhya as a tribe did not exist until the year 1948 when several ethnic groups were lumped together by the colonial government. Some people like to point at the lack of a shared communal history as confirming this.

Mijikenda are, well, nine tribes literally. They include the Giriama, Digo, Chonyi, Duruma, Kauma, Rabai,Ribe, Kaunda, etc. The things 8-4-4 made us cram yaani, wacha tu...smile
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Dash
#5 Posted : Wednesday, July 17, 2013 6:57:58 AM
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I will name my people, Giriama, Digo, Duruma, Chonyi, Rabai, Ribe, Kauma, Kambe and Jibana. Though in my lifetime am yet to meet a single Jibana and Kambe. Sijui wamejificha wapi? But most have intergrated with the larger tribes of the Miji.
majimaji
#6 Posted : Wednesday, July 17, 2013 8:41:00 AM
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Dash wrote:
I will name my people, Giriama, Digo, Duruma, Chonyi, Rabai, Ribe, Kauma, Kambe and Jibana. Though in my lifetime am yet to meet a single Jibana and Kambe. Sijui wamejificha wapi? But most have intergrated with the larger tribes of the Miji.


@Dash, lamkadze?
McReggae
#7 Posted : Wednesday, July 17, 2013 8:48:37 AM
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In wazualand this was exhaustively discussed here!!!!
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simonkabz
#8 Posted : Wednesday, July 17, 2013 9:17:17 AM
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McReggae wrote:
These are the official tribes of Kenya:
KIKUYU
LUHYA
KALENJIN
LUO LUO
KAMBA
KENYAN SOMALI
KISII
MIJIKENDA
MERU
TURKANA
MAASAI
TESO
EMBU
TAITA
KURIA
SAMBURU
THARAKA
MBEERE
BORANA
BASUBA
SWAHILI
GABRA
ORMA
RENDILE

I think we get to 42 when the subtribes are listed!!!

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simonkabz
#9 Posted : Wednesday, July 17, 2013 9:24:13 AM
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mukiha wrote:
Here is the list of Tribe codes used in the 2009 census {RINK}:

The total comes to 114!!

TRIBE/NATIONALITY CODE
1. BASUBA 110
2. EMBU 120
3. KAMBA 130
4. KIKUYU 140
5. KISII 150
6. KURIA 160
7. LUO 170
8. MALAKOTE 180
9. MASAI 190
10. MBEERE 200
11. MERU 210
12. NUBI 220
13. POKOT 230
14. SAMBURU 240
15. TAITA 250
16. TAVETA 260
17. TESO 270
18. THARAKA 280
19. TURKANA 290
20. LUHYA 300
21. BAKHAYO 301
22. BANYALA 302
23. BANYORE 303
24. BATSOTSO 304
25. BUKUSU 305
26. IDAKHO 306
27. ISUKHA 307
28. KABRAS 308
29. KISA 309
30. MARACHI 310
31. MARAGOLI 311
32. MARAMA 312
33. SAMIA 313
34. TACHONI 314
35. TIRIKI 315
36. TURA 316
37. WANGA 317
38. MIJIKENDA 400
39. BONI 401
40. CHONYI 402
41. DAHALO 403
42. DIGO 404
43. DURUMA 405
44. GIRIAMA 406
45. JIBANA 407
46. KAMBE 408
47. KAUMA 409
48. POKOMO 410
49. RABAI 411
50. RIBE 412
51. WAATA 413
52. SWAHILI 500
53. AMU 501
54. BAJUNI 502
55. CHITUNDI 503
56. JOMVU 504
57. MUYEYAYA 505
58. MVITA 506
59. NGARE 507
60. PATE 508
61. SIU 509
62. VUMBA 510
63. WACHANGAMWE 511
64. WAFAZA 512
65. WAKATWA 513
66. WAKILIFI 514
67. WAKILINDINI 515
68. WAMTWAPA 516
69. WASHAKA 517
70. WATANGANA 518
71. WATIKUU 519
72. KALENJIN 600
73. ARROR 601
74. BUNG'OMEK 602
75. CHERANGANY 603
76. DOROBO 604
77. EL MOLO 605
78. ENDO 606
79. ILCHAMUS 607
80. KEIYO 608
81. KIPSIGIS 609
82. MARAKWET 610
83. NANDI 611
84. NJEMPS 612
85. OGIEK 613
86. SABOAT 614
87. SAMOR 615
88. SENGER 616
89. SENGWER 617
90. TERIK 618
91. TUGEN 619
92. KENYAN SOMALI 700
93. AJURAN 701
94. BORANA 702
95. BURJI 703
96. DASENACH 704
97. DEGODIA 705
98. GABRA 706
99. GALLA 707
100. GOSHA 708
101. GURREH 709
102. HAWIYAH 710
103. KONSO 711
104. MERILE 712
105. OGADEN 713
106. ORMA 714
107. RENDILE 715
108. SAKUYE 716
109. WAAT 717
110. KENYAN ARABS 718
111. KENYAN ASIANS 719
112. KENYAN EUROPEANS 720
113. KENYAN AMERICANS 721
114. KENYAN 722

The HIGHLIGHTED names refer to "Tribe Groups"

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simonkabz
#10 Posted : Wednesday, July 17, 2013 9:29:06 AM
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dunkang wrote:
The Luhya Sub-Tribes are;
- Bukusu (Ava-Bukusu),
- Idakho (Ava-Idakho),
- Isukha (Ava-Isukha),
- Kabras (Ava-Kabras),
- Khayo (Ava-Khayo),
- Kisa (Aba-Kisa),
- Marachi (Ava-Marachi),
- Maragoli (Ava-Logoli),
- Marama (Aba-Marama),
- Nyala (Ava-Nyala),
- Nyole (Ava-Nyole),
- Samia (Ava-Samia),
- Tachoni (Ava- Tachoni),
- Tiriki (Ava-Tiriki),
- Tsotso (Ava-Tsotso),
- Wanga (Aba-Wanga).

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