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Inside Kenya – The Agikuyu Tribe

The history of the Agikuyu people has been passed down from generation to generation. The younger generation of Agikuyu should be thankful and thankful to the older generation for having passed down the ways of the Agikuyu people since their inception and ways of life through word of mouth.

The first parents of the Agikuyu i.e. Gikuyu and Mumbi lived in Mukurwe-ini wa Gathanga (a place that is on the border of Murang’a and Nyeri. Gikuyu and Mumbi called God “Mwene-Nyaga” because they believed that he used to live on Kirinyaga Mountain. Every time they used to pray, they would look in the direction of Kirinyaga Mountain (now Mount Kenya).

One question is whether God created Gikuyu in that very place Mukurwe-ini wa Gathanga or whether he was brought from somewhere else. This is a difficult question because even the older generation knows that Gikuyu and Mumbi lived in Mukurwe-ini wa Gathanga and did not know if he had ever lived anywhere else.

The whole story about the origins of the Agikuyu people shows that when people began to live in this world it is at the same time that God gave Gikuyu the Earth as it was and God made Kirinyaga his place of residence.

Gikuyu was shown where he will live in Mukurwe-ini, Gathanga and instructed that whenever he needed anything, all he had to do was offer a sacrifice, praising God as he raised his hands towards Kirinyaga and as he did so. Gikuyu would be given whatever he needed.

History shows that the Agikuyu people are Bantu. In Africa there are other Bantus such as Ataita, Agiriama, Apokomo and Abaluhya. In Tanzania we have Achaga, in Uganda we have Buganda and in South Africa we have Zulus.

In the Old Testament in the book of Exodus, the people of Israel prayed to God in Mountains like Mount Sinai. They also used to offer sacrifices by slaughtering animals like sheep and used the blood to offer the sacrifices.

The way of life of the people of Israel has similarities with that of the Agikuyu people and that is why we see that all the people in all parts of the world were created in the same place and then dispersed.

Mukurwe wa Gathanga is a place that lies on the border of Murang’a and Nyeri. It is a very popular place because it is where Gikuyu and Mumbi gave birth to their children.

Gikuyu had ten daughters, and nine of the ten were married except for one who became pregnant out of wedlock. All ten of her daughters gave birth to her children who are today associated with her mother’s name.

The daughters with a name are Wanjiru, Wambui, Wangari and Wanjiku. Those with two names are Wanjeri or Waceera, Nyambura or Wakiuru, Wangeci or Waithera, Wairimu or Gathigia, Wangui or Waithiegeni, and Wamuyu or Warigia.

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