The Pokot of Uganda, numbering approximately 155,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a Nilotic ethnic group of East Africa, known especially for their pastoralist and agro‑pastoralist way of life, strong clan systems, and deep cultural ties to cattle and land They are an Indigenous people, with Pokot as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Nilotic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism. They primarily speak Pökoot.