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PREMIUM The sawmill, the chief and the making of Catholic Tuthu A rusted wheel and the story of how Catholicism took root in Central Kenya. Weekly Review Just now Listen

PREMIUM The sawmill, the chief and the making of Catholic Tuthu A rusted wheel and the story of how Catholicism took root in Central Kenya. Weekly Review Just now Listen

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From that encounter rose a chapel, a school, a dispensary, a carpentry workshop and one of the earliest centres of Catholic life in central Kenya.

In the forest above Tuthu, an African colonial policeman had placed a European missionary under arrest.

Summary Article What you need to know: Chief Karuri remained outside the Catholic Church for most of his life and was baptised only in 1916, during his final years.

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