Pokot

The Pokot are a Southern Nilotic tribe of the Kalenjin speaking peoples. They primarily inhabit West Pokot and Baringo Counties in Kenya, as well as the Pokot District in the eastern Karamoja region of Uganda. The Pokot speak the Pökoot language, which is broadly similar to the related Marakwet, Nandi, and Tuken. According to the 2019 Kenya Census, their population is 778,408, with an additional estimated population of over 140,000 in Uganda.