The Girango people (also known as JoSuba or Joka-Kombe) is a group of
Luo people
The Luo are a Nilotic peoples, Nilotic-speaking ethnic group native to Nyanza Province, western Kenya and the Mara Region of northern Tanzania. The Luo are the fourth-largest ethnic group (10.65%) in Kenya, after the Kikuyu people, Kikuyu (1 ...
who fall in the group known as
Joka Jok. They include the
Suna
Suna may refer to:
*Suna (name), feminine given name
*Suna (Espoo), an area of Espoon keskus, Espoo, Finland
*Suna (inhabited locality), name of several inhabited localities in Russia
*Suna (river), a river in the Republic of Karelia, Russia
*Suna ...
/
Suba,
Wategi/Kamagambo-Kanying'ombe,
Wagire,
JoKasgunga,
JoSidho,
JoKabar,
JoMur,
JoKiseru etc. They migrated to
Kenya
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from northern
Uganda
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, and are believed to be the brothers of the Simbiti. However, the Simbiti were absorbed into
Kuria community, and that is why the people of Kuria have diverse origins. Some historians tend to use the ''Bunchari'' dialect of the Kuria spoken by the
Simbiti, as well as the Kuria culture followed by the Simbiti to discuss the Girango people.
References
Luo people
Ethnic groups in Kenya
Ethnic groups in Tanzania
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