Kenye, also known as ABakenyi, Kenyi, Lukenhe, Lukenye or Lukenyi, is a language of Uganda. It has over 99,000 users in Buyende, Kaliro, Pallisa, Kibuku, Serere, and Mayuge districts: Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga basin; some in Kamuli, Kaberamaido, Kayunga, Bugiri, Namayingo, and Busia districts.

Dialects include Lukenye-Ludebede, Lukenye-Lukooli. Kenye, Lamogi [xog], Siginyi [xog], and Gwere [gwr] are mutually intelligible. Lexical similarity: 81% with Soga [xog], 71%–86% with Ganda [lug], 64% with Gwere [gwr], 58% with Saamia.

Kenye people prefer to use surrounding languages outside the home; seldom identify themselves as BaKenye. They shy away from their true identity for fear of being marginalized and discriminated against. Some Kenye people claim to be a displaced people of Ganda origin.