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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Pokot of Kenya

The Pokot of Kenya, numbering approximately 908,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are 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 mostly adhere to Animism and Pökoot is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Pokot

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Kenya
People Cluster: Nilotic
Primary Language(s): Pökoot (pko)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 908,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG014844
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

60%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Pökoot
Language Family: Nilotic

100%
%
Pökoot Speakers

Media Resources in Pökoot:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Pökoot:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2008 Bible Society of Kenya✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Pökoot bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Pokot are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Pokot:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Pokot of Kenya

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.
readMark 10:15

Pray for those who might be trapped in pride, that God will humble them and give them a childlike faith and complete dependence on Him through faith in Christ.

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
readMark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 8:38-39

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence in their salvation, knowing that nothing can separate them from the One who conquered death and loves them as His children.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

Pokot Across Countries (ROP3 - 108091) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
PokotPG014844PokotKenya908,000Engaged yet UnreachedPökootAnimism
PokotPG015131PokotUganda155,000Engaged yet UnreachedPökootAnimism

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