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Chinese contractors sprinkle blood, spill beer for 'good luck' before starting work

An employee of East African Development Engineering and Trading Company Limited sprinkles goat blood onto a heavy commercial vehicle as part of good luck rituals before embarking on construction of 46km Karishen - Naro Moru road, Nyeri County. PHOTO: MOSE SAMMY/STANDARD

Residents of a Nyeri village were treated to a rare spectacle after Chinese contracted to build a road in the area resorted to traditional rituals before starting the work.

It was a sight to behold as members of the East African Development Engineering and Trading Company Ltd embarked on what they said were Kikuyu rituals that involved slaughtering a goat before commencing work on the Naromoru-Munyu-Karichen road.

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