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Babukusu | |
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Total population | |
Over 1.2m | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Kenya | Over 1.2m (est.) |
Languages | |
Bukusu dialect Swahili | |
Religion | |
Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Maragoli Tachoni Kabras Gisu |
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The Bukusu people (Bukusu: Babukusu) are one of the 17 Kenyan tribes of the Luhya Bantu people of East Africa residing mainly in the counties of Bungoma and Trans Nzoia. They are the largest tribe of the Luhya nation, with 1,188,963 identifying as Bukusu in the 2019 Kenyan census. They speak the Bukusu dialect.