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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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