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Mystic ‘mugumo’ tree’s fall sparks succession debate

Nyeri residents look at a giant Mugumo tree, estimated to be more than 200 years-old, that fell in Ikumbo village in Giakanja area, Nyeri County. [Photo: John Gathua/Standard]

By Job Weru

Nyeri, Kenya: To many people, the falling of a tree is a routine and natural occurrence. But to some villagers in Nyeri, when the fallen tree happens to be the sacred mugumo (Fig tree), then it symbolises something important.

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