Kabras tribe (Luhya)

The Kabras, or Kabarasi, are a tribe of Luhya people of Kenya. They reside in Malava, in the Kabras Division of Kakamega District neighboured by the Isukha, Banyala, Tsotso and the Tachoni. The Kabras dialect is similar to Tachoni.

Kabrasi clans were named after the heads of the families. They include Avatali, Abamutama, Basonje, Abakhusia, Bamachina, Abashu, Abamutsembi, Baluu, Batobo, Bachetsi and Bamakangala.

Before the colonial era, the Kabaras were under the rulership of Nabongo Mumia, the king of the Wanga. They were represented by an elder in his Council of Elders. The last known elder in the kings council was Soita Libukana Samaramarami. The kabaras are said to have originally been Banyala.

When Quaker missionaries came to Kenya in the early part of the twentieth century, they spread out to Kabaras from Kaimosi in Tiriki.

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References

1. http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Af.nsf/luFullMap/14A6905F99640EF98525766A0065CCB6/$File/map.pdf?OpenElement

2. http://web.sndden.org/kenya/sjpdc/bkg.htm