IKenya lilizwe elinamalungu ahlukeneyo e-Great Lakes kwingingqi ye-Mpuma ye-Afrika. Inabemi abahluka kakhulu abaquka uninzi lwamaqela aphambili obuhlanga, ubuhlanga kunye neelwimi ezifumaneka eAfrika. Abantu baseBantu kunye nabaseNilotic bebonke benza malunga neepesenti ezingama-97 zabemi besizwe, kunye nabantu abancinci abathetha amaCushit emantla. Olona hlanga lukhulu eKenya ngamaKikuyu, enza phantse isihlanu sabemi beli. Kwilizwe elinepolitiki ebonakaliswe kukungavisisani ngokobuhlanga kunye nokulwa phakathi kwamaqela amakhulu, ukusuka kwisizwe esinabantu abaninzi kukuphumelela okukhulu, ngakumbi kumgqatswa wobongameli.
Nazi izizwe ezi-10 eziphambili zaseKenya.
Uhlu | Uhlanga | Lwabantu |
1. | kikuyu | 8,148,668 |
2. | Luhya | 6,823,842 |
3. | Kalenjin | 6,358,113 |
4. | kamba | 5,066,966 |
5. | Luo | 4,663,910 |
6. | Somali waseKenya | 2,780,502 |
7. | Kisii | 2,703,235 |
8. | Mijikenda | 2,488,691 |
9. | Meru | 1,975,869 |
10. | noMahasayi | 1,189,522 |