Naked Tharaka elders hold 'cursing' rituals to punish witch

Some of more than 2,000 Njuri Ncheke elders from Tharaka Nithi and Meru counties sing sacred song at their Nchiru shrine in Tigania at a past event

Over sixty elders in Tharaka Constituency yesterday performed traditional rituals to curse a witch who allegedly distributed metallic boxes containing goat heads and horns to various schools in the county. The boxes are particularly popular with boarding school students who use them as suitcases and to store their personal stuff.

The elders who represented the 32 Tharaka clans performed the rituals at River Gakurume in Tharaka South sub-county.