Speaker Justin Muturi put in ten days cleansing ritual ahead of coronation

Speaker, Justin Muturi with a section of Elders from Murang’a County during a cleansing ceremony at a secret location on Wednesday, 19 May, 2021. The process is an initiation by the Elders to make The Speaker a Kikuyu Spokesperson for future political engagements. [Samson Wire, Standard]

National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has thrown himself into the ring of Mt Kenya succession politics by taking up the mantle of the region's spokesperson ahead of an elaborate crowning ceremony this weekend.

Muturi is currently observing a ten-day cleansing ritual where he has secluded himself at his Gigiri residence in Nairobi and observing set protocols issued by Kikuyu elders ahead of his Saturday ceremony.