| | Kenya's ethnic groups comprise the following: [[Kikuyu]] 22%, [[Luhya]] 14%, [[Luo]] 13%, [[Kalenjin]] 12%, [[Kamba]] 11%, [[Kisii]] 6%, [[Meru]] 6%, other African 15% and non-African (Asian, European, and Arab) 1%.<ref>See [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html]</ref> The 1999 census dropped its ethnic categories in order to ease social tension in which questions of ethnic identity had created a climate of distrust and suspicion among Kenyans. Recent elections have seen these groups generally vote along ethnic and tribal lines, but with exceptions. In the cities, such as [[Nairobi]], old ethnic divisions are less stark than in the more traditional countryside.<ref> See E. S. Atieno Odhiambo, "Ethnic Cleansing and Civil Society in Kenya 1969-1992." ''Journal of Contemporary African Studies'' 2004 22(1): 29-42. </ref> | | Kenya's ethnic groups comprise the following: [[Kikuyu]] 22%, [[Luhya]] 14%, [[Luo]] 13%, [[Kalenjin]] 12%, [[Kamba]] 11%, [[Kisii]] 6%, [[Meru]] 6%, other African 15% and non-African (Asian, European, and Arab) 1%.<ref>See [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html]</ref> The 1999 census dropped its ethnic categories in order to ease social tension in which questions of ethnic identity had created a climate of distrust and suspicion among Kenyans. Recent elections have seen these groups generally vote along ethnic and tribal lines, but with exceptions. In the cities, such as [[Nairobi]], old ethnic divisions are less stark than in the more traditional countryside.<ref> See E. S. Atieno Odhiambo, "Ethnic Cleansing and Civil Society in Kenya 1969-1992." ''Journal of Contemporary African Studies'' 2004 22(1): 29-42. </ref> |