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If there are no objections I would also like to add this new information for the census from the following source:
www.knbs.or.ke/Census%20Results/ Presentation%20by%20Minister%20for%20Planning%20revised.pdf
This includes ethnic and religious affiliation:
p.34:
major tribes: Kikuyu - 6.62 Million (17.15% of the population) Luhya - 5.34 Million (13.83%) Kalenjin - 4.97 Million (12.87%) Luo - 4.04 Million (10.48%) Kamba - 3.89 Million (10.08%) Somali - 2.39 Million (6.18%) Kisii - 2.2 Milloon (5.71%)
Others mijikenda 1,960,574 meru 1,658,108 turkana 988,592 maasai 841,622 teso 338,833
religious affiliation (major tribes only) catholic 9,010,684 protestant 18,307,466 other christian 4,559,584 muslim 4,304,798 traditional 635,252 other 557,456 none 922,128 hindu 53,398
minor tribes: 324,092 embu 273,519 taita 260,401 kuria 237,179 samburu 175,905 tharaka mbeere 168, 155 borana 161,399 basuba 139, 271 swahili 110,614 gabra 89,515 orma 66,275 rendile 69,437
Kenya is adding over 1 million people a year (p. 36)
Ankitboy ( talk) 15:41, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
They are totally missing from the section above the cia world factbook figures. If there is no dispute I will incorporate some changes, including changing the Bantu group to bantu-speaking group (as you can see in the bantu wikipedia article, they are a linguistic grouping and not an ethnic grouping). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.96.74.249 ( talk) 15:57, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
Middayexpress ( talk) 21:35, 8 January 2011 (UTC)"Originally a linguistic classification, referring to a widespread group of languages within the South-Central Niger-Congo family, Bantu now refers to a complex of physical, anthropological and genetic characters correlated with the linguistic distribution, which are explained by a large-scale Holocene range expansion. This expansion occurred in several waves and directions and was responsible for the dispersal of farming to southern and central Africa. The linguistic evidence points to a Bantu origin in the vicinity of the Cross River valley near the present-day border between Nigeria and Cameroon."
The following source:
Godfrey Mwakikagile, Kenya: identity of a nation, (Godfrey Mwakikagile: 2007), p.99-102.
Which is used for the majority of the edits here is poorly written at best, and not from an academic (his biography states that he attended graduate school in the united states, but did not seem to graduate).I will try to find a more reputable source for information on kenya and incorporate the census figures as well. Ankitboy ( talk) 16:18, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
Some of the information from the book also borders on plaigirism, so if another source or better paraphrasing can be made by anyone, please do! Ankitboy ( talk) 16:20, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
if we're going to have this inappropriate categorization and unnecessary information, let's at least be consistent, bantus, nilotes, cushites, semites and indo-europeans. Anyone who comes to this page will realize how ridiculous it is immediately, but at least let's be consistent with our notions. If there is any dispute, do not simply revert without discussion, fully discuss. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.96.74.249 ( talk) 13:58, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
I guess this is totally appropriate, looking at the ethnic groups of south asia article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_of_the_Indian_subcontinent so there shouldn't be any problem being consistent here. how sad and outdated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.96.74.249 ( talk) 14:06, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
julius sahara et al. do not revert the additional groupings without explanation. I explained the changes in the discussion page, so if you have a problem with consistency, please explain and do not revert by simply claiming it's anonymous. Anonymous contributors deserve respect if their changes are sourced and explained. Cheers.
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