The Holy Ghost Church of East Africa, known among its adherents as Akurinu (sometimes “Akorino”),[1] is an African sect of Christianity common in the central region of Kenya among the Agikuyu community.
Others say that it comes from the growling sounds made by early adherents to the sect when possessed by the spirit, an act described as gukurina.
Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta states that the akurinu referred to themselves as Arooti(dreamers), people of God.
It was on this ascension that the akurinu say Njeru was instructed to remove all adornments she had worn, throw them into River Nyamindi, and cover her hair.
Joseph Ng’ang’a was shot dead on 2 February 1934 by British soldiers while praying in a cave.