Elders from the Kikuyu Council of elders and Kiama Kia Ma say they have as spokesman for the Mt Kenya region. The elders who spoke after a cleansing ceremony on Friday said their prayers had invalidated the coronation just two weeks after another set of elders conducted the ceremony. The coronation was led by Kiama Kia Ma national patron Kung’u Muigai.Then elders announced Muturi would lead the region as the country heads to the general elections. Kiama Kia-ma chairperson Ndungu Gaithuma expressed concerns a section of elders was being influenced politically. While dismissing the coronation he said soiled the shrine, the governor supported the elders for invalidating it, saying the elders were wrong to conduct it in a place reserved for prayers.

Source: The Star June 05, 2021 12:22 UTC