The Marachi are one of sixteen tribes of the
Luhya people
The Luhya (also known as ''Abaluhyia'' or Luhyia) are a Bantu people and the second largest ethnic group in Kenya. The Luhya belong to the larger linguistic stock known as the Bantu. The Luhya are located in Western Province (Kenya), western Ken ...
of
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. ...
, making up approximately one percent of the Luyha.
[Kremer, Michael, and Edward Miguel. ''Networks, social learning, and technology adoption: the case of deworming drugs in Kenya''. No. 00312. The Field Experiments Website, 2003. Page 18 n. 21.] They are one of the three Luhya groups occupying Busia County, along with the Bakhayo and the Samia.
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Luhya people
The Luhya (also known as ''Abaluhyia'' or Luhyia) are a Bantu people and the second largest ethnic group in Kenya. The Luhya belong to the larger linguistic stock known as the Bantu. The Luhya are located in Western Province (Kenya), western Ken ...
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Luhya languages
The Great Lakes Bantu languages, also known as Lacustrine Bantu and Bantu zone J, are a group of Bantu languages of East Africa. They were recognized as a group by the ''Tervuren'' team, who posited them as an additional zone (zone J) to Guthrie ...
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Luhya
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