They include Abanzasi (Bakamulamba) Abasira, Avatali, Abawande, Abamutama, Basonje, Abashibika, Abakhusia, Bamachina, Abashu, Abamutsembi, Abasumira, Baluu, Batobo, Bachetsi, and Bamakangala.
[1] These tribes, especially the Bukusu, which waged strong resistance to the invaders, avoided the fate of most of the Luhya people, who lost their fertile lands to the British colonial rule.
In politics, one of the famous Kabras politician is Dr. Noah Mahalang'ang'a Wekesa, the former Kwanza MP and who also served as Wildlife and Forestry minister under President Mwai Kibaki.
Another notable Kabras politician was the late Soita Shitanda, who represented Malava Constituency in parliament and served as a Housing Minister in President Mwai Kibaki's cabinet.
Former Chief Justice, the Late Zacchaeus Chesoni, who hailed from the Kabras sub tribe Bamachina clan close to Chimoi area near Webuye.