Abagusii (also known as Kisii (Mkisii/Wakisii) in Swahili, or Gusii in Ekegusii) are a Bantu ethnic group and nation indigenous to Kisii and Nyamira counties...
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Kisii County is a county in the former Nyanza Province in southwestern Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Kisii. The county has a population of 1...
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eastern edge of the lake and is inhabited predominantly by the Luo people and Kisii people. There are also Bantu-speaking tribes, such as the Kuria, and some...
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in Kenya, also known as South Kisii District Nyamira District, in Kenya, also known as North Kisii District Kisii people, an ethnic group in Kenya, also...
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Kisii (also known as Getembe or Bosongo) is a municipality and urban centre in south-western Kenya and the capital of Kisii County. Kisii Town also serves...
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classified as a millennialist cult. Mumboism spread amongst the Luo and the Kisii people. The Colonial authorities suppressed the movement by deporting and imprisoning...
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been shaved depending upon the site of the operation. Trepanning at the Kisii people in Kenya was filmed in 1958. Trepanation was also practised in the classical...
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European presence in the region. Mumboism was popular among the Luo and Kisii people, but its influence spread beyond Africans who were formally followers...
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Sub-Saharan Africa; an example was documented in 2009 in Kenya when Kisii people and Kalenjin people clashed, resulting in four deaths. The British upper class...
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rather than actively inducing it. Mumboism spread amongst Luo people and Kisii people. The Colonial authorities suppressed the movement by deporting...
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mostly by the Gusii people. Nyamira District was later carved out of Kisii in 1989. Further splitting led to the creation of Kisii Central District and...
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Shabana F.C. (redirect from Shabana Kisii)
Shabana or sometimes Shabana Kisii, is a FKF Premier League club based in Kisii, Kenya. The club was formed in 1980 by Kisii-based businessman Dogo Khan...
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Kisii School is a public high school for boys in Kisii, Kenya, established in 1934. Kisii School was established in July 1934 as Government African School...
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Gucha District (redirect from Southern Kisii District)
It was also known as South Kisii District or Ogembo District. In 1999, its population was approximately 461,000 people [1]. Its district headquarters...
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Gusii language (redirect from Kisii language)
Ekegusii) is a Bantu language spoken in Kisii and Nyamira counties in Nyanza Kenya, whose headquarters is Kisii Town, (between the Kavirondo Gulf of Lake...
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Nuer languages. Except for some elders living in rural areas, most Maasai people speak the official languages of Kenya and Tanzania, Swahili and English...
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free dictionary. Gusii or Kisii may refer to: Gusii people, a tribal people of Kenya Gusii language, their Bantu language Kisii (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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Demographics of Kenya (redirect from Kenya/People)
the Kamba, the Luhya, the Kisii, the Meru, and the Mijikenda. The Swahili people are descended from Wangozi Bantu peoples that intermarried with Arab...
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stated.[citation needed] Dr Ochieng (1972) noted the legend among the Kisii people who claim that before they migrated to Mt Elgon, they lived in a country...
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Maasai people also due to intermarriage prior to colonization. The Gĩkũyũ people between Thika and Mbeere are closely related to the Kamba people who speak...
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The Luhya (also known as Abaluyia or Luyia) are a Bantu people and the second largest ethnic group in Kenya. The Luhya belong to the larger linguistic...
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directed Kalenjin youths to target civilians of the Kikuyu, Kamba, and Kisii ethnic groups, which were perceived to be supporters of the Party of National...
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The Iteso (or people of Teso) are a Nilotic ethnic group in eastern Uganda and western Kenya. Teso refers to the traditional homeland of the Iteso, and...
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Kiamokama (category Kisii County)
Kiamokama is a small farming community in Kisii County in the southwest of Kenya. Most of the people in Kiamokama are Abagusii. They speak Ekegusii (native...
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Simeon Nyachae (category People from Kisii County)
2021) was a Kenyan politician, government minister, and businessman from Kisii County. Simeon Nyachae’s net worth was $2.5 Billion by his death in 2021...
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The Irienyi (also known as Abiirienyi) is a community of Bantu people who inhabit Gwassi district in Homa Bay County, Western Kenya. Gwassi is the common...
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the voracious cormorant which is known as mnandi in Kiswahili. The Nandi people are one among a group of communities that share cultural traits and a Southern...
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of Mount Kenya, thus the name Amiiru, meaning 'people of the forest'. [citation needed]The Ameru people comprise nine subgroups: the Igoji, Imenti, Tigania...
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The Turkana are a Nilotic people native to the Turkana County in northwest Kenya, a semi-arid climate region bordering Lake Turkana in the east, Pokot...
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James Ongwae (category People from Kisii County)
former Governor of Kisii County government. He is a member of the Orange Democratic Movement and was elected as the first Governor of Kisii County Government...
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