Luhya

Bantu ethnic group in Kenya

The Tiriki is a tribe consisting of 16 clans and dialects of the Abaluyia people of Western Kenya. The word Tiriki is also used to refer to their geographical location of Hamisi subcounty, Vihiga County, in the Western region of Kenya. Hamisi Constituency now Hamisi Subcounty is one of the longest in Kenya stretching from Kiboswa (Ny'angori) to Shiru, which borders Kapsabet and Musunji which borders Kakamega Forest. Some members of tiriki clan moved to nandi county and occupied aldai and other parts of nandi county.