The 42 tribes of Kenya

[Higgins the genius]

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I keep hearing that Kenya has 42 Tribes, I can only count to sixteen. Who can name all the forty two tribes here?

[Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants]

I have seen more than 16.  From the last census.  I'll share when time allows.

[veritas]

I thought it was around 80?

[Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants]

I thought it was around 80?

I just saw the census and there are 24 in there.  It's not exhaustive.  They leave out quite a few.

Tribe	Total Population
Kikuyu	6, 622, 576
Luhya	5, 338 666
Kalenjin	4, 967, 328
Luo	4, 044, 440
Kamba	3, 893, 157
Kenyan Somali	2, 385, 572
Kisii	2, 205, 669
Miji Kenda	1, 960, 574
Meru	1, 658, 108
Turkana	988, 592
Maasai	841, 622
Teso	338, 833
Embu	324, 092
Taita	273, 519
Kuria	260, 401
Samburu	237, 179
Tharaka	175, 905
Mbeere	168, 155
Borana	161, 399
Basuba	139, 271
Swahili	110, 614
Gabra	89, 515
Orma	66, 275
Rendile	60, 437

[veritas]

I'm pretty sure the lonley planet book said more than 80.. maybe it was dialects.. yup, I think it was languages.

http://www.ethnologue.com/country/KE/languages

[Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants]

I'm pretty sure the lonley planet book said more than 80.. maybe it was dialects.. yup, I think it was languages.

http://www.ethnologue.com/country/KE/languages

Languages for sure.  As an example, Kalenjins and Luhyas speak several closely related languages.  So you are going to have more languages than tribes.  Still, one should be able to come up with the 42 from your list.