Version II
| 1. | Chiira. | 15. | Ngnanga. | 29. | Mwitongu. | ||||||||
| 2. | Mathathi. | 16. | Njerogi. | 30. | Mwiruri. | ||||||||
| 3. | Endemi. | 17. | Ubu. | 31. | Uchu. | ||||||||
| 4. | Iregi. | 18. | Wainaina |  | These are often grouped as Wainaina. | 32. | Kiambuthi. | ||||||
| 5. | Mukuria. | 19. | Kangnethi | 33. | Ngugi or Kirira. | ||||||||
| 6. | Kicharu. | 20. | Kitao | 34. | Mangorio. | ||||||||
| 7. | Kamao. | 21. | Mungai | | Often grouped as Mungai. | 35. | Rohangha. | ||||||
| 8. | Kiarie.[[91]] | 22. | Injehia | 36. | Wanyoike. | ||||||||
| 9. | Kimemia. | 23. | Mairanga | 37. | Kinyiti. | ||||||||
| 10. | Kimani. | 24. | Marire. | 38. | Imboru. | ||||||||
| 11. | Karanja. | 25. | Wangigi. | 39. | Ingigi. | ||||||||
| 12. | Kinuthia. | 26. | Ngua ya nina. | 40. | Mutungu. | ||||||||
| 13. | Njuguna. | 27. | Wakirutu. | 41. | Kenjeko. | ||||||||
| 14. | Kinyanjui or Kathuru. | 28. | Mougwa or Kitindiko. | 42. | Kamande. | ||||||||
This brings us up to the last few years, and the elders said they had no interest in them.
The name given to the morika generally has some topical allusion to an event which occurred during the year and about the time of the circumcision ceremonies; these allusions are naturally forgotten in course of time, and the derivations in many cases now appear senseless.
One morika extends over two years, or four Kikuyu seasons, called Kimera.
The terms Maina and Mwangi as names for the rika of the last fifty years seem to be fixed as far as one can gather, e.g.:—
- The Chief Katonyo’s father was Maina.
- Katonyo himself is Mwangi.
- Katonyo’s children are Maina. [[92]]
- Katonyo’s grandchildren when circumcised become Mwangi.
- His great-grandchildren when circumcised become Maina.
So apparently every person when circumcised takes the name of the morika of his grandfather.
The word morika is used indifferently as applying to the larger group as well as to the group of a particular year. Any young men, however, who have been circumcised of recent years, and are still under the class Mwiringhu, would not be called Mwangi until the group of years was complete.
The time of the completion of a group of years is decided by the elders, but what determined the commencement of a new group was not ascertained.