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African cult that believed bullets would turn to water

Religious groupings that defied colonial rule were branded as primitive sects. [File, Standard]

Minority religious groupings that defied colonial rule in Kenya were branded as primitive sects.

For instance, one day in 1932 when police officers came across followers of Watu wa Mungu faction inside Ndaragu forest, the Whites in the security team concluded the gathering was a sect.

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