Word info

Pokot

Speech parts

1. Pokot - Noun

2. Pokot - Proper noun

Meaning

Pokot (plural Pokot)

A member of a people living in West Pokot County and Baringo County in Kenya and in the Pokot District of the eastern Karamoja region in Uganda.

Pokot

Their Southern Nilotic language.

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Examples

A belated government security operation has, they say, disproportionately targeted the Pokot, while at least three prominent Pokot politicians have been killed in recent months. Source: Internet

Last Tuesday suspected raiders from west Pokot County raided Turkana County, killed one person and made away with unknown number of goats. Source: Internet

As we have seen in various parts of our country, as we have seen up in Wajir, as we have seen on the borders of West Pokot and Marakwet and many other places. Source: Internet

The cattle are hardly ever slaughtered as they are viewed as more valuable alive, providing milk, butter and cheese, important parts of the diet of the Pokot. Source: Internet

The Pokot tribes in Kenya and Uganda are commonly known for their perfect nomadic life. Source: Internet

In West Pokot, some girls were circumcised and may have been married off. Source: Internet

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