Intervention of beliefs and practices in Ugo (divination) in African context: Case studying the Gଙ̃K࢛෥Y࢛ ෥Presbyterian Christians of Nyeri Presbytery, Kenya (1908 – 2008)?
The data were collected through observation, interview schedules and administering questionnaires to the respondents. Data was prepared for statistical analysis using Statistical Package for Social Sciences, means and percentages formed part of the descriptive statistics. The findings reveal that, the Gଙ̃k࢛෥y ࢛ ෥believed in ࢛෥go as key instrument through which God heals them. The Church of Scotland Mission on its onset among the Gଙ̃k࢛෥y࢛ ෥community denounced these practices terming them as devilish without logically evaluating the value they held in Gଙ̃k࢛෥y࢛ ෥aspects of life. The imposed beliefs and practices as revealed in the study failed in offering complete physical and spiritual elements in solving problems hindering the wellbeing of the community. This resulted to Gଙ̃k࢛෥y࢛ ෥PCEA Christians revert to ࢛෥go in search of this spiritual elements a trend that continues to the present day read more..