Somalis in Kenya

Kenyan Somalis are citizens and residents of Kenya who are of Somali ethnic descent. They are the 6th largest ethnic group, and have historically inhabited the North Eastern Province, previously part of the Northern Frontier District, from which was carved out of the Jubaland region of present-day southern Somalia during the colonial period. Following the civil war in Somalia that broke out in 1991, many Somalis sought refuge in these Somali-inhabited areas in northeastern Kenya. As an entrepreneurial community, they established themselves in the business sector, particularly in the Nairobi suburb of Eastleigh.