Keiyo elders conduct cursing ceremony to punish land grabbers

Elders from Kong'ot Clan in Elgeyo Marakwet County slaughter a goat at a disputed parcel of a 650 acre land. The elders performed a cursing ceremony for alleged land grabbers who have subdivided the land 10-08-2018. [Photo/Kevin Tunoi/Standard]

Keiyo elders on Friday conducted cursing rituals in Kerio Valley ostensibly to inflict pain and suffering on grabbers of their ancestral land.

The half-dressed, grey-haired elderly men from the Kongot community slaughtered an unblemished goat at dawn and spilled its blood on the ground while chanting traditional rituals. The goat’s carcass was left in the open untouched.