Tiriki tribe
Sign in to saveThe Tiriki is a tribe consisting of 16 clans and dialects of the Abaluyia people of Western Kenya. The word Tiriki is also used to refer to their geographical location of Hamisi subcounty, Vihiga County, in the Western region of Kenya. Hamisi Constituency now Hamisi Subcounty is one of the longest in Kenya stretching from Kiboswa (Ny'angori) to Shiru, which borders Kapsabet and Musunji which borders Kakamega Forest. Some members of tiriki clan moved to nandi county and occupied aldai and other parts of nandi county.
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The Tiriki is a tribe consisting of 16 clans and dialects of the Abaluyia people of Western Kenya. The word Tiriki is also used to refer to their geographical location of Hamisi subcounty, Vihiga County, in the Western region of Kenya. Hamisi Constituency now Hamisi Subcounty is one of the longest in Kenya stretching from Kiboswa (Ny'angori) to Shiru, which borders Kapsabet and Musunji which borders Kakamega Forest. Some members of tiriki clan moved to nandi county and occupied aldai and other parts of nandi county.
== Administration == Tiriki is located in the Republic of Kenya in Vihiga County, one of the five counties that formed the former Western Province. The other counties in the former Western Province are Kakamega (which Vihiga was previously a part of), Bungoma, and Busia. Trans-Nzoia County is located in the former Rift Valley but has a majority Abaluyia population. Nandi County in the former Rift Valley province also has a sizable but minority Abaluyia population.
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