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- proper noun A
Bantu language spoken in western Kenya and Uganda. Luhya has a number of dialects, includingMaragoli , Abagisu, Marama, Kibukusu, Wanga, and Bukusu.
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Examples
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Kama belongs to the majority Kikuyu tribe, which controls most of the property and the government, whereas rival tribes Luo, Luhya and to a lesser extent, Kamba are usually the tenants, who face constant threats of eviction and everyday minority uncertainty.
Ruth Starkman: Togetherness Supreme: Kenyan Youth, Hipness and Hope on Screen Ruth Starkman 2011
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Thus after NARC's electoral victory, Kibaki, a Kikuyu, became president while Wamalwa Kijana, a Luhya, became the vice-president.
Class, ethnicity and the construction of a fragmented Kenya 2008
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Longstanding stereotypes -- for instance, that Kalenjin are stubborn farmers and the Kikuyu arrogant entrepreneurs -- began to fall away, says Alfred Osieko, 47 years old, an electrical consultant and ethnic Luhya, a tribe which has also felt marginalized by the Kikuyus.
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The disparity is acutely felt in areas that are dominated by Kalenjin, Luo, Luhya and other non-Kikuyu tribes.
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Had you heard of the Gikuyu/Kikuyu, the Luhya, the Kalenjin before a few weeks ago?
Pull Your Head Out 2008
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Thus after NARC's electoral victory, Kibaki, a Kikuyu, became president while Wamalwa Kijana, a Luhya, became the vice-president.
CONTENTS 2008
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Emily Bunoro said her nephew, an ethnic Luhya pastor, had been forced from his home by a group of Kalenjin who gave him a bow and arrow and told him to fight earlier this week.
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Were is from the Luhya tribe, which largely voted for Odinga.
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But differences between the Kikuyu, Kenya's largest ethnic group, and Luo, Luhya and Kalenjin on the other, are hardly new.
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He assured the 2,000 mourners in Port Victoria in western Kenya to bury Melitus Mugabe Were that leaders would find a way out of the political protests that have been degenerating into clashes between rival Kikuyu and Luhya tribes.
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