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Bantu Kavirondo is the former name given to some of the 
Bantu peoples
The Bantu peoples are an Indigenous peoples of Africa, indigenous ethnolinguistic grouping of approximately 400 distinct native Demographics of Africa, African List of ethnic groups of Africa, ethnic groups who speak Bantu languages. The language ...
of western Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
(e.g., the Luhya Luhya or Abaluyia may refer to:
* Luhya people
* Luhya language
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and Kisii Kisii may refer to:
* Kisii, Kenya, a municipality and the capital of Kisii County
* Kisii County, one of the 47 counties of Kenya
* Kisii District, a former district of Kenya
* Gucha District, in Kenya, also known as ''South Kisii District''
* Nya ...
) under the early colonial regime of British East Africa
East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was a British protectorate in the African Great Lakes, occupying roughly the same area as present-day Kenya, from the Indian Ocean inland to the border with Uganda in the west. Cont ...
. Kavirondo Gulf (Winam Gulf) and the surrounding area of "Kavirondo" derive from the same name. They were designated “Bantu" Kavirondo in contradistinction to the “ Nilotic Kavirondo” (Luo Luo or LUO may refer to:
Luo peoples and languages
*Luo peoples, an ethno-linguistic group of eastern and central Africa
**Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania or Joluo, an ethnic group in western Kenya, eastern Uganda, and northern Tanzania.
*** Luol ...
).
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Ethnic groups in Kenya {{Kenya-ethno-group-stub