Bible Translation
Kenya has 53 language groups. 23 of them have complete Bibles. 12 have New Testaments and 12 have portions. TThere are 3 communities without any scripture portion and they need them.
Communities with full bibles translated by the Bible Society of Kenya (BSK)
| Language | 1st Portion | 1 NT | 1st Bible | CL | Revisions | |
| 1 | Borana | 1934 | 1978 | 1995 | ||
| 2 | Dholuo | 1911 | 1926 | 1957 | 1975 | |
| 3 | Ekegusii | 1929 | 1948 | 1988 | 2021 | |
| 4 | Gikuyu | 1903 | 1926 | 1951 | 2008 | |
| 5 | Kalenjin | 1958 | 1968 | 1969 | 2017 | |
| 6 | Kiembu-Kimbeere | 1998 | 2002 | 2012 | ||
| 7 | Kigiryama | 1892 | 1901 | 1908 | ||
| 8 | Kikamba | 1850 | 1920 | 1956 | 2012 | |
| 9 | Kimiiru | 1921 | 1952 | 1964 | 2011 | |
| 10 | Logooli | 1911 | 1925 | 1951 | 2009 | |
| 11 | Lubukusu | 1992 | 2010 | |||
| 12 | Lutirichi-Lwisukha-Lwidakho | 2002 | 2002 | 2014 | ||
| 13 | Lunyore | 1915 | 1936 | 2002 | ||
| 14 | Maasai | 1905 | 1923 | 1992 | 2018 | |
| 15 | Nandi | 1926 | 1933 | 1939 | ||
| 16 | Oluluyia | 1954 | 1968 | 2016 | ||
| 17 | Pokot | 1936 | 1967 | 2009 | ||
| 18 | Swahili | 1934 | 1950 | 1952 | 1996 | |
| 19 | Somali | 1915 | 1972 | 1979 | ||
| 20 | Taita | 1904 | 1922 | 1998 | ||
| 21 | Turkana | 1972 | 1986 | 2002 | ||
| 22 | Lusamia | 2011 | 2019 | |||
| 23 | Kuria | 1996 | 2022 |
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