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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Kenyan ethnic group</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with the Aboriginal people of the South Australian Riverland area, including the <a href="/wiki/Erawirung" title="Erawirung">Erawirung</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ngawait" title="Ngawait">Ngawait</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ngaiawang" title="Ngaiawang">Ngaiawang</a> peoples.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" 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Kenya">Portuguese and Omani period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kenya#British_rule_(1895–1963)" title="History of Kenya">British Colonial Period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kenya#Independence" title="History of Kenya">Early post Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kenya#Moi_regime_(1978–2002)" title="History of Kenya">Moi Era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kenya#Recent_history_(2002_to_present)" title="History of Kenya">Recent history</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic groups in Kenya">People</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><u>Historic peoples</u> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Koobi_Fora" title="Koobi Fora">Koobi Fora Hominins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olorgesailie" title="Olorgesailie">Olorgesailie Aechulean hand axe culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savanna_Pastoral_Neolithic" title="Savanna Pastoral Neolithic">Savanna Pastoral Neolithic Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eburran_industry" title="Eburran industry">Eburran industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmenteitan" title="Elmenteitan">Elmenteitan culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirikwa_culture" title="Sirikwa culture">Sirikwa culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urewe" title="Urewe">Urewe culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shungwaya" title="Shungwaya">Shungwaya</a></li></ul> <p><u>Modern ethnicities</u> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kikuyu_people" title="Kikuyu people">Kikuyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luhya_people" title="Luhya people">Luhya</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banyala" title="Banyala">Banyala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bukusu" title="Bukusu">Bukusu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gisu_people" title="Gisu people">Gisu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idakho" title="Idakho">Idakho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isukha" title="Isukha">Isukha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khayo" title="Khayo">Khayo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kisa_tribe" title="Kisa tribe">Kisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marachi" title="Marachi">Marachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maragoli" title="Maragoli">Maragoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marama_tribe" title="Marama tribe">Marama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tachoni" title="Tachoni">Tachoni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiriki" title="Tiriki">Tiriki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samia_tribe" title="Samia tribe">Samia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanga" class="mw-redirect" title="Wanga">Wanga</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalenjin_people" title="Kalenjin people">Kalenjin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nandi_people" title="Nandi people">Nandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marakwet_people" title="Marakwet people">Marakwet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kipsigis_people" title="Kipsigis people">Kipsigis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgeyo_people" title="Elgeyo people">Elgeyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tugen_people" title="Tugen people">Tugen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terik_people" title="Terik people">Terik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pokot_people" title="Pokot people">Pokot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabaot_people" title="Sabaot people">Sabaot</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luo_people" title="Luo people">Luo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suba_people_(Kenya)" title="Suba people (Kenya)">Suba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunta_people" title="Kunta people">Kunta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamba_people" title="Kamba people">Kamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somalis_in_Kenya" title="Somalis in Kenya">Somali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kisii_people" title="Kisii people">Kisii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuria_people" title="Kuria people">Kuria</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Meru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mbeere_people" title="Mbeere people">Mbeere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embu_people" title="Embu people">Embu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teso_people" title="Teso people">Teso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maasai_people" title="Maasai people">Maasai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samburu_people" title="Samburu people">Samburu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilchamus_people" title="Ilchamus people">Ilchamus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkana_people" title="Turkana people">Turkana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borana_Oromo_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Borana Oromo people">Borana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakuye_people" title="Sakuye people">Sakuye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tana_Orma_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tana Orma people">Orma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rendille_people" title="Rendille people">Rendille</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabra_people" title="Gabra people">Gabra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sengwer_people" title="Sengwer people">Sengwer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mijikenda_peoples" title="Mijikenda peoples">Mijikenda</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jibana_people" title="Jibana people">Jibana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giriama_people" title="Giriama people">Giriama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duruma" class="mw-redirect" title="Duruma">Duruma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chonyi_people" title="Chonyi people">Chonyi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swahili_people" title="Swahili people">Swahili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taita_people" title="Taita people">Taita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taveta_people" title="Taveta people">Taveta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okiek_people" title="Okiek people">Okiek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Kenya" title="Indians in Kenya">Kenyan Asians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_people_in_Kenya" title="White people in Kenya">White Kenyans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Kenya#Arabs" title="Demographics of Kenya">Kenyan Arabs</a></li></ul> <p><u>Diaspora</u> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kenyan_Americans" title="Kenyan Americans">Kenyan Americans</a></li> 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.navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Culture_of_Kenya" title="Template:Culture of Kenya"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Culture_of_Kenya" title="Template talk:Culture of Kenya"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Culture_of_Kenya" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Culture of Kenya"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Meru</b> or <b>Amîîrú</b> (including the <a href="/wiki/Ngaa_people" title="Ngaa people">Ngaa</a>) are a <a href="/wiki/Bantu_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Bantu people">Bantu</a> ethnic group that inhabit the <a href="/wiki/Meru_County" title="Meru County">Meru region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>. The region is situated on the fertile lands of the north and eastern slopes of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Kenya" title="Mount Kenya">Mount Kenya</a> in the former <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province_(Kenya)" title="Eastern Province (Kenya)">Eastern Province</a>. </p><p>The word Meru means 'shining light' in the <a href="/wiki/Meru_language" title="Meru language">Meru language</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Swahili_language" title="Swahili language">Kiswahili</a>, the Meru are called <i>Ng'aa</i>, a word meaning 'Dazzling or Shinning' in both languages<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Ameru in the Meru language means 'the shining ones' or 'the children of the shining one'. The word <i>Miiru</i> was also used to refer to the nearby forests of Mount Kenya, thus the name <i>Amiiru</i>, meaning 'people of the forest'. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>The Ameru people comprise nine subgroups: the Igoji, Imenti, Tigania, Mitine, Igembe, Mwimbi, Muthambi, Chuka and Tharaka. The Tharaka live in the semi-arid part of Greater Meru and they, along with the Mwimbi, Muthambi and Chuka, form the <a href="/wiki/Tharaka-Nithi_County" title="Tharaka-Nithi County">Tharaka-Nithi County</a>. The Ameru are unrelated to the <a href="/wiki/Wameru" title="Wameru">Wameru</a> of northern <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a>, other than both being avid farming <a href="/wiki/Bantu_peoples" title="Bantu peoples">Bantu</a> communities.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Languages">Languages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meru_people&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Meru speak the Meru language, also known as Kimîîrú.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Meru_language" title="Meru language">Kimîîrú</a> , <a href="/wiki/Kamba_language" title="Kamba language">Kikamba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Embu_language" title="Embu language">Kiembu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Embu_language" title="Embu language">Kimbeere</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kikuyu_language" title="Kikuyu language">Kikuyu</a> share critical language characteristics. The Meru language is not uniform across the Meru lands, but comprises several mutually intelligible dialects which vary geographically. Each dialect is a reflection of previous migratory patterns, the level of intra-community interactions, and the influences of other adjacent Bantu, <a href="/wiki/Nilotic_peoples" title="Nilotic peoples">Nilotic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cushitic_speaking_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Cushitic speaking peoples">Cushitic</a> communities. As a whole language scholars have demonstrated that the Meru language exhibits much older Bantu characteristics in grammar and phonetic forms than neighbouring Bantu languages. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meru_people&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Meru people are of Bantu origin.<sup id="cite_ref-Bindloss_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bindloss-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like the closely related <a href="/wiki/Kikuyu_people" title="Kikuyu people">Kikuyu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Embu_people" title="Embu people">Embu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mbeere_people" title="Mbeere people">Mbeere</a>, they are concentrated in the vicinity of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Kenya" title="Mount Kenya">Mount Kenya</a>. The exact place that the ancestors of the Meru migrated from after the initial <a href="/wiki/Bantu_expansion" title="Bantu expansion">Bantu expansion</a> is uncertain. Some authorities suggest that they arrived in their present Mount Kenya homeland from earlier settlements to the north and east,<sup id="cite_ref-Bindloss_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bindloss-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while others argue that the Meru, along with their closely related Eastern Bantu neighbors moved into what is now Kenya from points further south. </p><p>The name "Meru" refers to both the people and the region, which for many years was the only administrative unit. In 1992, "Greater" Meru District was divided into three administrative units: Meru Central, <a href="/wiki/Meru_North_District" title="Meru North District">Meru North</a>, and Tharaka-Nithi (Tharaka and Meru South). After the promulgation of a new constitution in Kenya on 27 August 2010, Greater Meru was further re-defined and now consists of the twin counties of <a href="/wiki/Tharaka-Nithi_County" title="Tharaka-Nithi County">Tharaka-Nithi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Meru_County" title="Meru County">Meru</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Greater Meru covered approximately 13,000 km<sup>2</sup> (5,000 sq mi), stretching from the Thuci River, on the border with <a href="/wiki/Embu_County" title="Embu County">Embu County</a>, in the south to the border with <a href="/wiki/Isiolo_County" title="Isiolo County">Isiolo County</a> in the north. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Council_of_elders">Council of elders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meru_people&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Council of elders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Meru_people" title="Special:EditPage/Meru people">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Ameru have been governed by elected and hierarchical councils of elders since the <a href="/wiki/17th_century" title="17th century">17th century</a>. These extend from the clan level up to the supreme <a href="/wiki/Njuri-Ncheke" title="Njuri-Ncheke">Njuri Ncheke</a> council. Membership of the Njuri Ncheke is the highest social rank to which a Meru man can aspire. The elders forming the Njuri Ncheke are carefully selected and comprise mature, composed, respected and incorruptible members of the community. This is necessary as their work requires great wisdom, personal discipline, and knowledge of the traditions. The Njuri Ncheke is also the apex of the traditional Meru judicial system and their edicts apply to the entire community. </p><p>The functions of the Njuri Ncheke are to make and execute community laws, to hear and settle disputes, and to pass on community knowledge and norms across generations in their role as the custodians of traditional culture. Local disputes will invariably first be dealt with by lower ranks of the elders (Kiama), then the middle rank (Njuri) and finally the Njuri Ncheke. However, the Njuri Ncheke does not handle matters involving non-Meru people, or those that are expressly designated as being under Kenya's common law. The determination of cases by the Njuri Ncheke, just like is for common law, relies a lot on case law and precedence. </p><p>A lesser known, yet important function of the Njuri Ncheke, is overseeing and enforcing the rules and regulations controlling the use and conservation of open grasslands, salt-licks and forests. Their work as conservators extends to the preservation of the Sacred Sites. </p><p>The Njuri Ncheke is influential in socio-economic and political decision-making amongst the Meru. The council spearheaded the establishment of the Meru College of Science and Technology and donated 641 acres of community land in 1983 for its development. In 2008, the college was upgraded to a University College of <a href="/wiki/Jomo_Kenyatta_University_of_Agriculture_and_Technology" title="Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology">Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology</a>. In early 2013, the college was awarded a charter by President <a href="/wiki/Mwai_Kibaki" title="Mwai Kibaki">Mwai Kibaki</a> and renamed to <a href="/wiki/Meru_University_of_Science_and_Technology" title="Meru University of Science and Technology">Meru University of Science and Technology</a>. The Njuri Ncheke is represented in the University Council. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture_and_family_traditions">Culture and family traditions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meru_people&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Culture and family traditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Meru_people" title="Special:EditPage/Meru people">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Meru are primarily agrarian, and their home life and culture is similar to other Highland Bantus. The Meru have maintained adherence to a fairly strict customary code amongst the various cohorts of the population. For instance, <a href="/wiki/Circumcision" title="Circumcision">circumcision</a> is a mandatory rite of passage for boys, during which time cultural education including community norms and expectations, such as respect for elders and protection of children are taught in a seclusion period that may last up to a month. As a matter of principle, young men must ensure minimal contact with their mothers after initiation. Nowadays, the depth of instruction varies depending on the extent of urban influence. Previously, girls would also undergo <a href="/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation" title="Female genital mutilation">circumcision</a>, but the practice was outlawed by the Njuri Ncheke in April 1956. The practice has been progressively abandoned and is being replaced by instruction based alternative rites of passage. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cuisine">Cuisine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meru_people&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Typical Meru cuisine includes <span title="Meru-language text"><i lang="mer">nyani</i></span> (traditional vegetables), <span title="Meru-language text"><i lang="mer">mûkimo</i></span> (mashed banana with traditional vegetables or potatoes), <span title="Meru-language text"><i lang="mer">kîthere</i></span> or <span title="Meru-language text"><i lang="mer">mûthere</i></span> (unfettered corn seeds cooked with beans or peas and traditional vegetables), <span title="Meru-language text"><i lang="mer">nyama cia gwaakia</i></span> (roasted meat), <span title="Meru-language text"><i lang="mer">ūkie</i></span> or <span title="Meru-language text"><i lang="mer">ûcûrû</i></span> (fermented porridge made from flour of corn, millet or sorghum), and <span title="Meru-language text"><i lang="mer">rugicu</i></span> (a mixture of honey meat and vegetables). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meru_people&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Meru_people" title="Special:EditPage/Meru people">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Meru have a strong modern educational heritage provided by <a href="/wiki/Christian_mission" title="Christian mission">Christian missionaries</a>. The main education institutions were started or sponsored by the Catholic, Methodist and Presbyterian churches. Greater Meru has numerous institutions of learning, including primary schools, secondary schools, teachers' training colleges, nursing schools, technical institutes and universities. One of the most prestigious chartered private universities in Kenya, <a href="/wiki/Kenya_Methodist_University" title="Kenya Methodist University">Kenya Methodist University</a> was the first to be established in the area in 2006. Three chartered public universities, <a href="/wiki/Chuka_University" title="Chuka University">Chuka University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tharaka_University" title="Tharaka University">Tharaka University</a> in Tharaka-Nithi County and <a href="/wiki/Meru_University_of_Science_and_Technology" title="Meru University of Science and Technology">Meru University of Science and Technology</a> in Meru County, have been established. Other institutions of higher learning, including the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nairobi" title="University of Nairobi">University of Nairobi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egerton_University" title="Egerton University">Egerton University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenyatta_University" title="Kenyatta University">Kenyatta University</a>, Co-operative University College, Nazarene University and <a href="/wiki/Mount_Kenya_University" title="Mount Kenya University">Mount Kenya University</a> have established satellite campuses in the area, making Greater Meru a key education hub in Kenya </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meru_people&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Meru are primarily agrarian, growing a variety of crops and keeping livestock. Greater Meru is endowed with soils and climatic conditions that allow for the production of a variety of commodities including wheat, barley, potatoes, millet, sorghum and maize. High grade tea, coffee, bananas and miraa (<a href="/wiki/Khat" title="Khat">khat</a>) are the key cash crops. The Meru were the first Africans to grow coffee in Kenya, which they began in the early 1930s upon the implementation of the <a href="/wiki/Devonshire_White_Paper" title="Devonshire White Paper">Devonshire White Paper</a> of 1923. Other crops include groundnuts and a wide range of legumes, vegetables and fruits. The Meru also keep livestock, both for <a href="/wiki/Subsistence_agriculture" title="Subsistence agriculture">subsistence</a> and commercial purposes. These include dairy and beef cattle, goats, sheep, poultry and honey bees. The Meru lands have huge potential for tourism by virtue of hosting the <a href="/wiki/Meru_National_Park" title="Meru National Park">Meru</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mount_Kenya_National_Park" title="Mount Kenya National Park">Mount Kenya</a> national parks and the Lewa Conservancy. Mining activity is also expected to pick up once the ongoing exploratory works on the iron-ore deposits in Tharaka are completed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics_and_alliances">Politics and alliances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meru_people&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Politics and alliances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Meru_people" title="Special:EditPage/Meru people">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Meru wield a lot of political influence in Kenya, due to their astute and strategic political organization. No Meru has been <a href="/wiki/President_of_Kenya" title="President of Kenya">president of Kenya</a>. However, members of the community have always held some key and strategic positions in the government. In the early years of Kenya's independence, the Meru were in the <a href="/wiki/Gikuyu,_Embu,_and_Meru_Association" title="Gikuyu, Embu, and Meru Association">Gikuyu, Embu, and Meru Association</a>, a political mobilization outfit formed during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Jomo_Kenyatta" title="Jomo Kenyatta">Jomo Kenyatta</a>. GEMA was formally banned in 1980, but since the advent of plural politics in Kenya in 1992, the Meru have largely voted with the Kikuyu and Embu in subsequent presidential elections. </p><p>In non-presidential elections, most constituencies in the Greater Meru vote for candidates based more on individual merit than on the basis of the sponsoring political party. This particularly manifested itself in the <a href="/wiki/2013_Kenyan_general_election" title="2013 Kenyan general election">general elections of 2013</a>, where the <a href="/wiki/Orange_Democratic_Movement" title="Orange Democratic Movement">Orange Democratic Movement</a> captured two seats, <a href="/wiki/Igembe_Central_Constituency" title="Igembe Central Constituency">Igembe Central</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tigania_East_Constituency" title="Tigania East Constituency">Tigania East</a>, in Meru County despite the predominance of the <a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Party" title="Jubilee Party">Jubilee Party</a> in the larger region. The elections also saw the historic election of <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Rahim_Dawood" title="Abdul Rahim Dawood">Rahim Dawood</a>, a politician of Asian origin, to represent Imenti North Constituency and <a href="/wiki/Kinoti_Gatobu" title="Kinoti Gatobu">Kinoti Gatobu</a>, a 26-year-old independent candidate, to represent <a href="/wiki/Buuri_Constituency" title="Buuri Constituency">Buuri Constituency</a>. In the same elections, <a href="/wiki/Kithure_Kindiki" title="Kithure Kindiki">Kithure Kindiki</a>, the Senator from Tharaka-Nithi County, became the Majority Leader in the Senate. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Meru_Museum">Meru Museum</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meru_people&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Meru Museum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The historical and cultural artifacts of the Meru are preserved at the <a href="/wiki/Meru_Museum" title="Meru Museum">Meru Museum</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> formerly the colonial office located in <a href="/wiki/Meru,_Kenya" title="Meru, Kenya">Meru Town</a>. The Njuri Ncheke Shrine at Nchiru is also gazetted as a heritage site and placed under the care of the National Museums of Kenya. The Shrine is accessible and open to the public most time of the year unless there are Njuri Ncheke activities at the site. Members of the Njuri Ncheke, though bound by a strict oath of secrecy, can also provide valuable and authoritative information and insights into the Meru traditions and culture dating back to the yore and transmitted through generations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_Meru">Notable Meru</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meru_people&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notable Meru"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politicians">Politicians</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meru_people&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Politicians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kinoti_Gatobu" title="Kinoti Gatobu">Kinoti Gatobu</a>, MP</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gitobu_Imanyara" title="Gitobu Imanyara">Gitobu Imanyara</a>, MP, journalist, civil rights advocate</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mutea_Iringo" title="Mutea Iringo">Mutea Iringo</a>, ex Principal Secretary, Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Kananu" title="Anne Kananu">Anne Kananu</a>, former governor of Nairobi City County</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kithure_Kindiki" title="Kithure Kindiki">Kithure Kindiki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deputy_President" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy President">Deputy President</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Koome" title="Martha Koome">Martha Koome</a>, Chief Justice of Kenya</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Mate" title="Bernard Mate">Bernard Mate</a>, former Legco Representative for Central Province - Kenya</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Munya" title="Peter Munya">Peter Munya</a>, former Cabinet Secretary, former governor of Meru.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiraitu_Murungi" title="Kiraitu Murungi">Kiraitu Murungi</a>, former governor of Meru County and MP</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Muthaura" title="Francis Muthaura">Francis Muthaura</a>, former Head of civil service Kenya</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Mwiraria" title="David Mwiraria">David Mwiraria</a>, former Finance Minister</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilemi_Mwiria" title="Kilemi Mwiria">Kilemi Mwiria</a>, educationalist and former Education assistant minister.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muthomi_Njuki" title="Muthomi Njuki">Muthomi Njuki</a>, governor of Tharaka Nithi County</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military">Military</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meru_people&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Military"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fatumah_Ahmed" title="Fatumah Ahmed">Fatumah Ahmed</a>, Major General and Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Kenya_Air_Force" title="Kenya Air Force">Kenya Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musa_Mwariama" title="Musa Mwariama">Musa Mwariama</a>, leader of the <a href="/wiki/Mau_Mau_rebellion" title="Mau Mau rebellion">Mau Mau</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Academia_and_research">Academia and research</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meru_people&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Academia and research"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Kaimenyi" title="Jacob Kaimenyi">Jacob Kaimenyi</a>, Cabinet Secretary for Lands - Kenya</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Kobia" title="Margaret Kobia">Margaret Kobia</a>, Cabinet Secretary for Public Service - Kenya</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leah_Marangu" title="Leah Marangu">Leah Marangu</a>, Vice Chancellor, African Nazarene University</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Judiciary_and_law">Judiciary and law</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meru_people&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Judiciary and law"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Koome" title="Martha Koome">Martha Karambu Koome</a>, Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Ringera" title="Aaron Ringera">Aaron Ringera</a>, former Director Kenya Anti Corruption Commission (KACC)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Business_and_corporate">Business and corporate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meru_people&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Business and corporate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_H._Ntalami" title="Edward H. Ntalami">Edward H. Ntalami</a>, businessperson</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meru_people&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Kobia" title="Samuel Kobia">Samuel Kobia</a>, former General Secretary, World Council of Churches (WCC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silas_Silvius_Njiru" title="Silas Silvius Njiru">Silas Silvius Njiru</a>, former Roman Catholic Bishop of Meru Diocese</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arts_and_entertainment">Arts and entertainment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meru_people&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Arts and entertainment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pierra_Makena" title="Pierra Makena">Pierra Makena</a>, DJ, actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Mutuma" title="Nick Mutuma">Nick Mutuma</a>, actor, radio presenter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Rimbui" title="Aaron Rimbui">Aaron Rimbui</a>, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, producer, festival curator and radio host.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meru_people&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nilo-Saharan_languages" title="Nilo-Saharan languages">Nilo-Saharan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ariaal_people" title="Ariaal people">Ariaal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ateker_peoples" title="Ateker peoples">Ateker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camus_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Camus people">Camus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalenjin_people" title="Kalenjin people">Kalenjin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samburu_people" title="Samburu people">Samburu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kore_people" title="Kore people">Kore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luo_people" title="Luo people">Luo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maasai_people" title="Maasai people">Maasai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okiek_people" title="Okiek people">Okiek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teso_people" title="Teso people">Teso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkana_people" title="Turkana people">Turkana</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Afroasiatic_languages" title="Afroasiatic languages">Afroasiatic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aweer_people" title="Aweer people">Aweer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borana_Oromo_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Borana Oromo people">Borana Oromo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daasanach_people" title="Daasanach people">Daasanach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Molo_people" title="El Molo people">El Molo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabra_people" title="Gabra people">Gabra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orma_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Orma people">Orma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rendille_people" title="Rendille people">Rendille</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somalis_in_Kenya" title="Somalis in Kenya">Somali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waata" title="Waata">Waata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaaku_people" title="Yaaku people">Yaaku</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_South_Asia" title="Languages of South Asia">Asian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_people_in_Kenya" title="Chinese people in Kenya">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Kenya" title="Indians in Kenya">Indian</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Europe" title="Languages of Europe">European</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/White_people_in_Kenya" title="White people in Kenya">European</a></li></ul> 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