Pokot people

This article is about one of the tribes of the Kalenjin ethnic group. For other uses, see Kalenjin people.

The Pokot (also spelled Pökoot) 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, a dialect of the Kalenjin 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.

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