Traditional healer Njambi, who a section of the press identified as a Mganga (Witchdoctor), enjoyed a cordial relationship with Kenya's founding president Jomo Kenyatta and attended to him.
Njambi was never baptised and never set foot in Church throughout her life but adopted the name Margaret.
It is not clear what services she offered to the head of state at a time when belief in traditional doctors, witch doctors and healers was prevalent.
Prior to her death, she left serious instructions that her tools of trade (paraphernalia associated with witchcraft) should never be discarded but should be kept well for the next one in her generation to inherit her profession.
Drama was witnessed at her funeral as the Church battled with her relatives over the paraphernalia which the Church demanded to burn.
In the end, the Church lost the war but decided to offer two separate prayers: one for the family and another for the paraphernalia.
Her burial was presided over by five priests with no photos being allowed.
Although a huge crowd turned up to give her a final send-off, no speeches were allowed at the ceremony. Only the priests were allowed to offer the Sermon.
Christians are known to have the cross on the grave. In the case of Njambi, it was strange as the cross was buried along with her remains in the grave.
Reverend Geofrey Kinyanjui explained to a local daily that the cross went with her to the grave as she had never been to any church hence it was needless to plant it on her grave.
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