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Mystery in turbans: Inside the secret life of Mihiriga Kenda

Harun Kiambuthi,Traditional Medicine Man(Mundu Mugo) adressing members during a pleanry in one of their sessions at Githunguri Camp.[Gitau Wanyoike, Standard]

Clad in distinctive turbans of green, black and white, they are a group many Kenyans recognise by sight, but few truly understand. 

To some, they are a cultural community deeply rooted in tradition;  to others, they remain shrouded in suspicion, often labelled an outlawed sect and linked, rightly or wrongly, to controversial practices such as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

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