The Bukusu people are one of the 17 Kenyan tribes of the Luhya Bantu people of East Africa residing mainly in the counties of Bungoma and Trans Nzoia. They are the largest tribe of the Luhya nation,with 1,188,963 identifying as Bukusu in the 2019 Kenyan census. They speak the Bukusu dialect.
Henry Pius Masinde Muliro was a Kenyan politician from the Bukusu sub-tribe of the larger Abaluhya people of western Kenya. He was one of the central figures in the shaping of the political landscape in Kenya. A renowned anti-colonial activist,he campaigned for the restoration of multi-party democracy in Kenya in his later years. He was a ruthless negotiator and a proponent of peaceful but focused politics. He had a reputation for integrity rivaled only by Ngala. He was considered by some as one of the best leaders that never became president,it has been speculated that had he not died,he may have beaten Moi for the presidency in 1992.
Michael Christopher Kijana Wamalwa was a renowned Kenyan politician who at the time of his death was serving as the eighth Vice-President of Kenya.
Raila Amolo Odinga is a Kenyan politician who served as the Prime Minister of Kenya from 2008 to 2013. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Langata Constituency from 1992 to 2013 and has been the Leader of Opposition in Kenya since 2013. He is the leader of Azimio la Umoja–One Kenya Coalition Party.
Bungoma County is a county in the former Western Province of Kenya. Its capital is Bungoma town. It has a population of 1,670,570 of which 812,146 are males 858,389 females as per the 2019 census and an area of 2,069 km2. It has nine constituencies,namely:Bumula,Kabuchai,Kanduyi,Kimilili,Mt. Elgon,Sirisia,Tongaren,Webuye East and Webuye West.
Nyandarua County is a County in the former Central Province of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Ol Kalou. Formerly the capital was Nyahururu,which is now part of the Laikipia County. Nyandarua County has a population of 596,268 and an area of 3,304 km2. The county is located on the northwestern part of the old Central Province,and contains the Aberdare Ranges.
Moses Francis Masika Wetang'ula,is the current Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya,as well as leader of the FORD-Kenya party. He served in the government of Kenya as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2010 and from 2011 to 2012,and he was Minister for Trade from 2012 to 2013.
Cyrus Shakhalaga Khwa Jirongo,popularly Cyrus Jirongo,is a politician and a former Member of Parliament in Kenya. Between 1978 and 1981 he went to Mang'u High School. He became the chairman of AFC Leopards football club in 1991.
Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa is a Kenyan politician who was the former Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Defense. Prior to that before 29 September 2021,he was Cabinet Secretary of Devolution. He is also a former minister for Justice. He also served as Minister for Water and Irrigation. He belongs to the Jubilee Party and was elected to represent the Saboti Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election.
Joshua Serem Kutuny is a Kenyan politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Kenya for Cherangany Constituency. He belonged to the Orange Democratic Movement from 2007 before he defected to the United Republican Party prior to the 2013 general election,and finally to the Jubilee Party from 2017.
David Eseli Simiyu is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to FORD-Kenya and was elected to represent the Kimilili Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election.
The United Democratic Movement (UDM) is a political party that was founded in 1999 by politicians who were at the time considederd to be renegades from the then ruling party Kenya African National Union but was denied registration by the then head of state Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi and most of its then leaders went to other parties by the time of the 2002 general elections.
The Tachoni is one of the 17 sub-tribes that form the Luhya people of western Kenya,known for its gallant defense of the Chetambe in 1895 when resisting British rule. Tachoni people were masters at building forts such as Chetambe,Lumboka,and Kiliboti. It was their defiance of colonialism that led to the colonial government putting the entire region occupied by the Tachoni under administration of paramount chiefs drawn from Bunyala and Wanga communities. haring the land with the Abanyala,the Kabras,Nandi,and Bukusu tribe. They live mainly in Webuye,Chetambe Hills,Ndivisi Matete sub-county-Lwandeti,Maturu,Mayoyo,Lukhokho,Kiliboti,Kivaywa,Chepsai,and Lugari sub-county in Kakamega County. Most Tachoni clans living in Bungoma speak the ' Olutachoni dialect of the Luhya language,and they are subsequently often mistaken as Bukusus. They spread to Trans-Nzoia County especially around Kitale,and to Uasin Gishu County near Turbo,Eldoret. Among the Tachoni clans are Abachikha -further divided into Abakobolo,Abamuongo,Abachambai,Abamakhanga,Abacharia,and Abakabini,Abamarakalu,Abangachi -who are further divided into:Abawaila,Abakhumaya and Abawele,Abasang'alo,Abasamo,Abayumbu,Abaluu,Abarefu,Abanyangali,Abamuchembi,Abamakhuli,Abasioya,Abaabichu,Abacheo,Abamachina,Abaengele,Abamutama,Abakafusi,Abasonge,Abasaniaka,Abaabiya also known as Abakatumi,Abakubwayi,Abakamutebi,Abakamukong,Abamweya,Abalukulu,Abawande,Abatukiika,Abachimuluku. Note that the morpheme 'aba' means 'people'. The Abakhusia/abasamo of Kabras are also Tachonis who speak Kikabras. Abayumbu and Abaluu are twin brothers,hence do not intermmary.
The New Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Kenya,commonly known as New Ford Kenya was a political party in Kenya.
Tongaren is an electoral constituency in Kenya. Tongaren constituency politically came into existence in 2012 prior to the 2013 general election. The constituency was carved off from the then larger Kimilili Constituency. It is one of the 290 constituencies in Kenya and one of the 9 constituencies in Bungoma County. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) registered 84,952 voters in Tongaren constituency for the August 9th 2022 general election in Kenya.
The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) is the current ruling political party in Kenya. Their slogan is "Kazi ni Kazi" and their symbol is a wheelbarrow. The party,initially called the Party of Development and Reforms,officially changed its name to UDA in December 2020. The party became notable in January 2021,and is allied with William Ruto,the President of Kenya.
The 13th Parliament of Kenya was elected in the 2022 Kenyan general election.
Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi is a Kenyan politician who is leader of the Democratic Action Party. He began his career in politics when he was elected as MP for Kanduyi Constituency in 1997. He was in his twenties at the time. Wamunyinyi was re-elected for the same seat in 2002. In the infamous 2007 elections he lost his seat but later re-emerged to serve another 2 consecutive terms from 2013 to 2022.
John Makali is a Kenyan politician from Ford-K who has been MP for Kanduyi Constituency since the 2022.
Mishi Juma Khamisi Mboko is a Kenyan politician and a Member of Parliament for Likoni Constituency in Mombasa County. Mishi Mboko has been a member of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM),since 2017
