According to those who attended the small exclusive ceremony, Kamaru was delighted to see the elders, some who he had known for decades.
The animals were slaughtered and their meat boiled in accordance with Gikuyu traditions.
The artist was fed and even drank the soup. This, the elders said, is an old practice done for sick people.
When a group of high-ranking Gikuyu Council of Elders visited the ailing Mzee Joseph Kamaru at his Thome Estate home in Nairobi on Saturday, scarcely did they know the Gikuyu music legend was living his last moments.
The leaders had one mission: To deliver one goat (thenge ya thubu) and a ram (called ngoima) to Mzee Kamaru as best wishes for his recovery.
