What is Luo people?
{{Infobox ethnic group |group = Luo |total = 7 million [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]] |regions = Western [[Kenya]], northern and eastern [[Uganda]], northern [[Tanzania]] |religions = [[Christianity]], [[African Traditional Religion]], [[Islam]] |languages = Luo, [[Swahili language|Swahili]], and [[English language|English]] |related_groups = Other [[Luo peoples]], other [[Nilotic peoples]] }} The '''Luo''' (also called '''Joluo''' or '''Jonagi'''/'''Onagi''', singular '''Jaluo''', '''Jaonagi''' or '''Joramogi'''/'''Nyikwaramogi''', meaning Ramogi's heirs) are an ethnic group in western [[Kenya]], northern [[Uganda]], and in [[Mara Region]] in northern [[Tanzania]]. They are part of a larger group of the linguistic Luo peoples who inhabit an area ranging from [[South Sudan]], South-Western [[Ethiopia]], Northern and Eastern [[Uganda]], South-Western [[Kenya]] and North-Eastern [[Tanzania]]. The Luo are the fourth largest ethnic group (15%) in Kenya, after the [[Kikuyu]] (22%), the Kalenjin (18%) and the Luhya (16%). The Luo and the Kikuyu inherited the most of political power in the first years following Kenya's independence in 1963. The Luo population in Kenya was estimated to be 2,185,000 in 1994 and 3.4 million in 2010 according to Govt census. They are mostly [[fishermen]] and a number are farmers but in the colonial era, they had a mixed economy where livestock and farm products were both used for economic and divine activities. They migrated from [[River Nile|Bahr-El-Ghazal]] a sub-tributary of R.Nile and first settled at Pukungu Pakwach in Uganda and later dispersed to [[Kisumu]] in [[Kenya]] and Tanzania near [[Lake Victoria]]. Their 'state' leaders who lead groups of related clans are called ''Ruoth'' meaning chief and their national leaders today are ''Jodongo'' - [https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2023-12-22-ker-odungi-randa-coronated-as-luo-council-of-elders-chairman/ Luo Council of Elders] who are led by a ''Ker'' meaning king.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=22nd December 2023|title=Ker Odungi Randa