Mijikenda is a community formed by nine tribes which are Ribe, Rabai, Kambe, Kauma, jibana, Digo, Duruma, Giriama, & Chonyi. The word Mijikenda is derived from a combination of these two words; Miji means communities while Kenda means nine. Hence the word Mijikenda is what represents the community & it is not the main tribe as many like to argue these days. While the nine tribes share many similarities in culture, traditions, & have similar intonation & vocabularies that they share, each of the tribes have their own distinguished language & norms that guide their tribe. In fact this is depicted by the KAYA’S which are protected forested areas in the Kenyan coast that were the first homes that each of these tribes settled. UNESCO also acknowledge the Mijikenda KAYA’S as world heritage sites. Based on the 2019 Kenya census the total population of the Mijikenda community was estimated to be 2,488,691 while the population of the respective tribes was as follows. Ribe (10,690), Rabai (125,707), Kauma (71,061), Kambe (31,007), Jibana (38,466), Giriama (1,007,653), Duruma (555,135), Digo (409,595), Chonyi (198,653), & those who simply identified themselves as Mijikenda without specifying were (40,724).