| kikuyu elder |
1.Thekikuyu People are the biggest ethnic
group in the East African country with a
population of about 6 , 623,000 which
makes up 23 % Kenya ’s total population.#tranny of numbers
2. Although
Kenya has two national languages ; English
and Kiswahili, Kikuyu People is considered
to be the third due to its popularity all
over the country
3. The kikuyu still have a council of elders
who are the leaders in the community .
These are respected among the people and
they give direction as far as the culture
and values of the kikuyu people is
concerned.
4. The Kikuyu are organized into age sets
which have been the basis of political
associates. From these age sets , groups of
boys get initiated every year and grouped
into sets of generations that ruled 20 to 30
years traditionally.
5. There have been notable members of the
tribe amongst them being the three
presidents out of the four that have ruled
Kenya so far
6. On getting married Kikuyu women move to
the clan of the husband and all the
children she will bear also belong to the
clan and the first children are named after
the husband ’s parents. Subsequent
children are named after brothers and
sisters and grand parents
7. The group of people is known for their
industrious nature and their main
economic activity is agriculture which is
introduced even to the children at an early
age
8. The kikuyu were a superstitious people
with some retaining some of the practices
like there is a taboo against whistling, they
also believed the number 10 was an
unlucky number
