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.infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Mbeere</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Mount_Kenya_Population_map-fr.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Mount_Kenya_Population_map-fr.svg/220px-Mount_Kenya_Population_map-fr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="341" class="mw-file-element" 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significant populations</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Kenya</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Languages</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Embu_language" title="Embu language">Embu</a> (Kīmbeere dialect) • <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Religion</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/African_Traditional_Religion" class="mw-redirect" title="African Traditional Religion">African Traditional Religion</a> • <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Related ethnic groups</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Kikuyu_people" title="Kikuyu people">Kikuyu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Embu_people" 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a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:none!important}}</style><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile nowraplinks hlist"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-pretitle">Part of <a href="/wiki/Category:Kenya" title="Category:Kenya">a series</a> on the</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa"><span class="wraplinks"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Kenya" title="Culture of Kenya">Culture of Kenya</a></span></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image photo"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kenya.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/150px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/225px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 1.5x, 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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 href="/wiki/Meru_people" title="Meru people">Meru</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">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> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenyan_Australians" title="Kenyan Australians">Kenyan Australians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenyan_migration_to_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenyan migration to the United Kingdom">Kenyan Britons</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/Languages_of_Kenya" title="Languages of Kenya">Languages</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Niger%E2%80%93Congo_languages" title="Niger–Congo languages">Niger–Congo</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bantu_languages" title="Bantu languages">Bantu</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swahili_language" title="Swahili language">Swahili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kikuyu_language" title="Kikuyu language">Kikuyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamba_language" title="Kamba language">Kamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ekegusii" class="mw-redirect" title="Ekegusii">Ekegusii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim%C3%AE%C3%AEru" class="mw-redirect" title="Kimîîru">Kimîîru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luhya_language" title="Luhya language">Oluluhyia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pokomo_language" title="Pokomo language">Kipokomo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kigiryama" class="mw-redirect" title="Kigiryama">Kigiryama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiembu" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiembu">Kiembu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bajuni" class="mw-redirect" title="Bajuni">bajuni</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nilo-Saharan_languages" title="Nilo-Saharan languages">Nilo-Saharan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nilotic_languages" title="Nilotic languages">Nilotic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dholuo" title="Dholuo">Dholuo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalenjin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalenjin language">Kalenjin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maasai_language" title="Maasai language">Maa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkana_language" title="Turkana language">Turkana</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afroasiatic_languages" title="Afroasiatic languages">Afroasiatic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cushitic_languages" title="Cushitic languages">Cushitic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rendille_language" title="Rendille language">Rendille</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_language" title="Somali language">Somali</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semitic_languages" title="Semitic languages">Semitic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indo-European_languages" title="Indo-European languages">Indo-European</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Germanic_languages" title="Germanic languages">Germanic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/West_Germanic_languages" title="West Germanic languages">West Germanic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afrikaans" title="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Iranian_languages" title="Indo-Iranian languages">Indo-Iranian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hindustani_language" title="Hindustani language">Hindustani</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italic_languages" title="Italic languages">Italic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a></li></ul></li></ul></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">Mythology</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bantu_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Bantu mythology">Bantu mythology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gikuyu_people#Spirituality_and_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Gikuyu people">Gikuyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamba_people#Culture_and_beliefs" title="Kamba people">Akamba</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maasai_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Maasai mythology">Maasai mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalenjin_mythology" title="Kalenjin mythology">Kalenjin mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kit-Mikayi" title="Kit-Mikayi">Kit-Mikayi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luanda_Magere" title="Luanda Magere">Luanda Magere</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:105%;line-height:1.6;"> <a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuisine of Kenya">Cuisine</a></th></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/Public_holidays_in_Kenya" title="Public holidays in Kenya">Festivals</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day" title="New Year's Day">New Year's Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawlid" title="Mawlid">Mawlid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_Friday" title="Good Friday">Good Friday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Monday" title="Easter Monday">Easter Monday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamu#Culture" title="Lamu">Lamu Cultural Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day" title="International Workers' Day">Labour day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madaraka_Day" title="Madaraka Day">Madaraka Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr" title="Eid al-Fitr">Eid al-Fitr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Adha" title="Eid al-Adha">Eid al-Adha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moi_Day" title="Moi Day">Huduma Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mashujaa_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Mashujaa Day">Mashujaa Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamhuri_Day" title="Jamhuri Day">Jamhuri Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rusinga_(Cultural)_Festival" title="Rusinga (Cultural) Festival">Rusinga (Cultural) Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas Day">Christmas Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boxing_Day" title="Boxing Day">Boxing Day</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/Religion_in_Kenya" title="Religion in Kenya">Religion</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Kenya" title="Catholic Church in Kenya">Catholicism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Church_of_Kenya" title="Anglican Church of 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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>Mbeere</b> or <b>Ambeere</b> people are a <a href="/wiki/Bantu_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Bantu people">Bantu</a> ethnic group inhabiting the former <a href="/wiki/Mbeere_District" title="Mbeere District">Mbeere District</a> in the now-defunct Eastern Province of <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>. According to the 2019 Kenya National census, there are 195,250<sup id="cite_ref-Census2019_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2019-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mbeere who inhabit an area of 2,093 km<sup>2</sup>. They speak Kīmbeere language, a dialect of <a href="/wiki/Embu_language" title="Embu language">Embu</a>, which is very similar to the languages spoken by their neighbours, the <a href="/wiki/Kamba_people" title="Kamba people">Kamba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Embu_people" title="Embu people">Embu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kikuyu_people" title="Kikuyu people">Kikuyu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=Mbeere_people&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Mbeere are of <a href="/wiki/Bantu_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Bantu people">Bantu</a> origin.<sup id="cite_ref-Bindloss_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bindloss-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<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>, <a href="/wiki/Meru_people" title="Meru people">Meru</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kamba_people" title="Kamba people">Kamba</a>, they are concentrated in the vicinity of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Kenya" title="Mount Kenya">Mount Kenya</a>. The exact place that Mbeere's ancestors migrated from after the initial <a href="/wiki/Bantu_expansion" title="Bantu expansion">Bantu expansion</a> from West Africa is unclear. Some authorities suggest they arrived in their present Mount Kenya homeland from earlier settlements to the north and east,<sup id="cite_ref-Bindloss_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bindloss-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while others argue that the Mbeere – along with closely related Eastern Bantu peoples such as the <a href="/wiki/Kikuyu_people" title="Kikuyu people">Kikuyu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Embu_people" title="Embu people">Embu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meru_people" title="Meru people">Meru</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kamba_people" title="Kamba people">Kamba</a> – moved into Kenya from further south.<sup id="cite_ref-Curtis_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curtis-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=Mbeere_people&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most Mbeere are farmers who grow a variety of crops including mangoes, melons, pawpaws, passion fruits, maize, beans, cowpeas, pigeon peas, black peas, millet, sorghum, etc. </p><p>The former Mbeere District is known for <a href="/wiki/Khat" title="Khat">miraa</a>, of which it was the second largest producer after <a href="/wiki/Meru_County" title="Meru County">Meru County</a>. The miraa crop is commonly grown in the northern part of the district. Apart from the Miraa and other farming activities, Mbeere District was known as the source of the building materials such as rocks, ballast, and sand used all over Kenya. Charcoal was also widely produced in Mbeere District. 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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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