Meru people

The Meru or Amîîrú are a Bantu ethnic group that inhabit the Meru region (Meru and Tharaka-Nithi) of Kenya. The region is situated on the fertile lands of the north and eastern slopes of Mount Kenya in the former Eastern Province.

The Ameru people comprise nine subgroups: the Igoji, Imenti, Tigania, Miutini, Igembe, Mwimbi, Muthambi, Chuka and Tharaka. The Tharaka live in the semi-arid part of Greater Meru and they, along with the Mwimbi, Muthambi and Chuka, form the Tharaka-Nithi County. The Ameru are unrelated to the Wameru of Northern Tanzania.