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githundi
#21 Posted : Tuesday, February 12, 2013 11:55:51 AM
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Tokyo wrote:
I thought tribe is derogatory .

it is not, although people tend to make it so.
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alma
#22 Posted : Tuesday, February 12, 2013 12:02:36 PM
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Bwana Githundi, I will say it again. The only purpose for this thread is tribal arithmetic. Within a very few posts we start hearing things like by Kikuyu are more etc etc.

I see nothing good coming off it especially since if you are depending on Google to do your research.

I doubt if many of us need to know your confused arithmetic either. If I want to know or even need to know how many tribes there are in Kenya, I'll go to the museum. The records are rather accurate there.

Being proud of your heritage does not mean you start doing a head count of the number of tribes, clans, families etc. Being proud of your heritage is talking about the good stuff and bad stuff of your communities.

But any thread that starts counting how many of a certain "tribe" there are, is in bad taste and some of us are old enough to know it.
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radio
#23 Posted : Tuesday, February 12, 2013 12:38:11 PM
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githundi wrote:
alma wrote:
So exactly what point is this thread supposed to be expounding? So there are 41, no 42, no 43, no 53, no 100, who the f*** cares?

if you have nothing to say it is very simple, keep off the thread or start one with what you want to say.



I agree with @gathundi. I see no problem in wanting to know the tribes of Kenya. It is even taught in school for heaven sake!Shame on you
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digitek1
#24 Posted : Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:04:37 PM
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radio wrote:
githundi wrote:
alma wrote:
So exactly what point is this thread supposed to be expounding? So there are 41, no 42, no 43, no 53, no 100, who the f*** cares?

if you have nothing to say it is very simple, keep off the thread or start one with what you want to say.



I agree with @gathundi. I see no problem in wanting to know the tribes of Kenya. It is even taught in school for heaven sake!Shame on you

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githundi
#25 Posted : Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:05:21 PM
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alma wrote:
Bwana Githundi, I will say it again. The only purpose for this thread is tribal arithmetic. Within a very few posts we start hearing things like by Kikuyu are more etc etc.

I see nothing good coming off it especially since if you are depending on Google to do your research.

I doubt if many of us need to know your confused arithmetic either. If I want to know or even need to know how many tribes there are in Kenya, I'll go to the museum. The records are rather accurate there.

Being proud of your heritage does not mean you start doing a head count of the number of tribes, clans, families etc. Being proud of your heritage is talking about the good stuff and bad stuff of your communities.

But any thread that starts counting how many of a certain "tribe" there are, is in bad taste and some of us are old enough to know it.

For the records, nobody in this thread has sought to know how many of a certain 'tribe' there are, nor is it wrong to seek to know that.
Am neither the author nor do i purport to list the so called 42 tribes.
I agree with you we need to have the correct list and that is one of the answers we are seeking in this thread.
And lastly if you don't seek to know what we are asking, be a gentleman and keep off the thread, that is the least you can do.
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digitek1
#26 Posted : Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:06:33 PM
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radio wrote:
githundi wrote:
alma wrote:
So exactly what point is this thread supposed to be expounding? So there are 41, no 42, no 43, no 53, no 100, who the f*** cares?

if you have nothing to say it is very simple, keep off the thread or start one with what you want to say.



I agree with @gathundi. I see no problem in wanting to know the tribes of Kenya. It is even taught in school for heaven sake!Shame on you

mwalimu Andrew GHC CRE knows! we just need a STD 6 textbook
I may be wrong..but then I could be right
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mukiha
#27 Posted : Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:08:11 PM
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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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jaggernaut
#28 Posted : Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:20:48 PM
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^^ I've always thought that Pokot (No. 13) belong to the Kalenjin grouping. Personally i belong to no. 114 - Kenyan.
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Mukiri
#29 Posted : Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:42:37 PM
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Good info. I wonder why minority tribes are irked? If one feels marginalized, 'steal' a bride from another tribe and increase your own.

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mukiha
#30 Posted : Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:59:17 PM
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Mukiri wrote:
Good info. I wonder why minority tribes are irked? If one feels marginalized, 'steal' a bride from another tribe and increase your own.


That's what the Taitas have been doing. All the Taitas I know are married to Kikuyus, Kambas, Embus and Merus. I suspect that in a few generations to come, the will be no "pure breed" Taitas
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