Samburu Women Who Protested Against Raila Risk Being Cursed

A group of Samburu women are in hot soup after protesting against CORD leader Raila Odinga during a rally in the County on February 6.

The women were instructed to appear before the elders for a cleansing ceremony, failure to which they would be cursed.

The over 1000 elders ordered every protester to present a goat which will be slaughtered during the ritual.

"Those who took part in the protest against Raila Odinga have been given one week to appear before the elders for questioning. They would, thereafter, be cleansed for the wrong they committed, failure to which we will cast a curse on them," Joseph Lenanguram, a Samburu elder was quoted by Citizen tv.

During the February 6th rally, angry protesters took to the streets demonstrating against Mr Odinga, noting that he had disrespected their leaders.

"Raila was not received by any elected Samburu leader when he visited this place last week. It shows he cannot work with anyone here. We don’t want a leader like Raila who doesn’t show respect for our own," the Star quoted.

The locals burnt the former Prime Minister's posters and barricaded the roads.

In his speech, Odinga accused Samburu leaders of misusing development funds.