In my endevour to fathom the essence of Gen Z phenomena and the perplexing tides of modernity, I delved into the ancient whispers of seers who might have glimpsed our era in their visions. Among these mystic figures is one Chege( Mugo) wa Kibiru, a revered prophet of the Agikuyu people.
Legend has it that Chege was discovered by a man named Kibiru, sitting serenely beneath a tree in a dense forest. “Who are you with?” the old man barked at the solitary boy. “We are with God,” Chege replied, meeting the elder’s gaze with unwavering eyes.
“And where is He?” the puzzled man pressed on. Chege, unfazed, answered that Ngai, or God, was up there. Recognizing something extraordinary in the boy, Kibiru took him home and performed the prerequisite rites to induct him into the Anjiru clan, the seers of the Agikuyu people.
Chege grew up in Kibiru’s household, tending goats like other boys his age. While grazing, he would often vanish into the forest for extended periods. When asked where he had been, Chege would simply say he was with God.
Around the 1870s, Chege was initiated into the Njihia age set, ushering him into adulthood full of enigmatic prophecies.His fame burgeoned when he began prophesying strange and wondrous things. He spoke of people who would come, appearing like butterflies with skins like toads.
He spoke of a smoke-belching iron snake that would stretch from the Indian Ocean to Lake Victoria. The people dismissed these as fanciful jaba tales.
Yet, barely ten years later, the Imperial British East Africa Company, under a royal charter, began constructing the Kenya-Uganda Railway. The white man appeared and colonized the land. Chege’s visions had materialized.
Notably, Chege also foretold of children who would wear bells on their ears and be unable to hear anything. Was he referring to our current Gen Z, perpetually plugged into their earphones?
Moreover, he prophesied that the Agikuyu would one day plant sugarcane and bananas on Lake Naivasha. Was he alluding to the climatic shifts we now grapple with?
Finally, he foresaw that adultery would pervade both homes and streets. Today, in towns like Thika, call girls brazenly parade themselves in broad daylight.
Chege wa Kibiru spoke these prophecies in a place called Gatura in Gatanga. It is said that Ndunyu ya Chege (Chege’s Market), an old market in Gatanga, Murang’a, is named in his honor.
An interrogation of Cheges well documented prophecies is an attempt to link a fast fading past to a perplexing present, an endevour to cast modern events through ancient lens.
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