How many rituals do you know that are still being practised by your people or those around you?Better research if you don’t as you may judge before knowing whats going on the next time you witness a bizarre incident in the name of culture.
A video has emerged online showing a Chinese contractor sacrificing a bull before working on the 16km Western bypass which will run from Gitaru through Wangige to Ndumberi.
In the clip, men are seen pinning a brown bull on the ground before it is slaughtered and its blood drained in a plastic jerrycan and then sprinkled on caterpillars and bulldozers to be used in the construction work.
Chinese Embassy spokesperson Zhang Gang defended the practice terming it “a common, harmless practice by contractors.”
“It’s a common ritual that we do to avoid bad luck,” he said.
Gang said, “As long as it is not a wild animal then that is possible. It a common practice with Chinese nationals that when launching a new project some form of ritual is done. Bulls are usually slaughtered.”
One of the workers on site said the sacrifice is done in stages.
“Even when a building is being constructed, we slaughter animals from the laying of the foundation to various floors and the final works,” he said.
The four-lane highway will connect with the Nairobi-Southern Bypass at Gitaru and the Northern Bypass at Ruaka.