Report on Consideration of Public Petition No. 01 of 2025 by Hon John Bwire MP on behalf of the Pare Community regarding recognition of the Pare people as a tribe in Kenya
Published: 1/Apr/2026
Source: National Assembly of Kenya
On behalf of the Public Petitions Committee and pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 227, it is my pleasant privilege and honour to present to this House the Report of the Committee on the Public Petition No. 01 of 2025 regarding recognition of the Pare Community as a tribe in Kenya.
The petition was presented to the House pursuant to Standing Order No. 225 (2) ( a) by the Member for Taveta on behalf of the Pare Community of Kenya in Taita Taveta County.
The petitioners prayed that the National Assembly, through the Public Petitions Committee, inquire into the matter with a view to securing urgent recognition of the Pare Community of Kenya as a tribe of the Republic of Kenya.
The Committee observed that, On the threshold to be recognized as a tribe, it was observed that there was no threshold but criteria is language, number of people, customs, beliefs and practices. The Committee further noted that distinct data on Pare community is hardly available due to the fact that the community has been enumerated as communities under stateless. In response to the prayer that the Committee inquire into the matter with a view to securing urgent recognition of the Chuka Community of Kenya as a tribe of the Republic of Kenya, the Committee notes the desire of the Pare people to be distinctively recognized as a tribe in Kenya and recommends that the Ministry of Interior and National Administrations through its internally developed framework to evaluate petitions for ethnic community recognition initiates and finalizes
evaluation of the recognition of the Pare as a tribe in Kenya, within six months of tabling of this report.
The Committee appreciates the Offices of the Speaker and Clerk of the National Assembly for providing guidance and necessary technical support. The Chairperson expresses gratitude to the Committee Members for their devotion and commitment to duty during the consideration of the Petition.
On behalf of the Committee and pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 199, I now wish to lay the Report on the Table of the House.
HON. MUCHANGI KAREMBA, CBS, M.P.
CHAIRPERSON, PUBLIC PETITIONS COMMITTEE
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