The Embu-Mbeere, a Bantu people from Kenya, were historically referred to as the Embu. The Embu inhabited the Embu county and the Mbeere inhabited the lower reaches of the Embu county in Kenya. The Meru people border the Embu-Mbeere to the east.

The Embu-Mbeere are closely related to their neighbors, the Kikuyu.

Their language consists of two related and similar dialects: Kiembu spoken by the Embu, and Kimbeere spoken by the Mbeere.

Oral history indicates that the two tribes were originally one Embu tribe. The Mbeere split from the Embu after an inter-clan war which the Embu clan won. After the victory, the Embu pushed the Mbeere to the drier and less fertile Kiangombe hills south of the Embu region. Despite this split, the two tribes co-existed peacefully.

The Embu-Mbeere first encountered Christianity around the same time the British jurisdiction was established in 1906. Today the majority of Embu-Mbeere are Roman Catholic.