During the Limuru 3 meeting on Friday, Kikuyu elders played a significant role. Leaders who spoke at the event called for unity in the Mt. Kenya region.
At one point, the elders were invited to perform a traditional blessing ceremony to unite the region.
One elder, accompanied by several others, made a few remarks before blowing a horn 12 times.
Nine of the blows represented the nine Gikuyu subtribes, while the other three symbolized the unity of the Agikuyu, Embu, and Meru communities. This act also signified their answered prayers, culminating in the Limuru 3 meeting.
“We’ll blow this horn because this meeting was part of a prayer for the community. This prayers started a while ago to unite Mt. Kenya community. The first prayers were held by elders and the church,” the elder chanted the words in Agikuyu.
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“This was the voice of God that the community should meet and discuss and whatever will be agreed on, God will listen and he will do as per the prayers and it’s God wish that we be united.”
The elder further explained that as they blow the horn of God, they pray that the sound reaches all the people of the Agikuyu, Embu, and Meru communities, wherever they may be, so that they can unite and love one another.
“God says if you do that, he will bless us and return kingship to us.”
According to Agikuyu traditional society, blowing the horn signifies different events and occasions. It is blown during circumcision ceremonies, when taking an oath,w hen warriors return from war, when someone is crowned as a village elder, and when a respected individual like a chief passes away.
The Limuru 3 meeting was convened by a group of leaders from the Mt. Kenya region, led by Narc Kenya leader Martha Karua and Jubilee Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni.
Other leaders from the region included former Governors Ferdinand Waititu (Kiambu) and Ndiritu Muriithi (Laikipia), as well as MPs Gathoni Wamuchomba (Githunguri), Amos Mwago (Starehe), and Mark Mwenje (Embakasi West), among others.
