So when German missionary Dr Johann Ludwig Krapf encountered Mount Kenya, he inquired from his know-it-all guide cum slave and ivory trading chief Kivoi wa Mwenda what the mysterious outcrop was.

A section of Mt Kenya Governors led by Mwangi wa Iria (Muranga ... are unlikely to be swayed by incantations of “thaaiii,” facing any direction of the wind, so the idea of a cultural ritual ...