Pokomo are an ethnic group of Kenya, from the Bantu language group and is not one of the groups that make up the Mijikenda (which means "Nine Villages"); they are a distinct tribe with their own sub-clans/tribes. They are predominantly agriculturalists and both fresh and ocean waters fishermen living along the Tana River in the Tana River County. They speak the Pokomo language, which is descended from the Kingozi language.