{
  "id": 16191704,
  "title": "When bulldozers meet gods: The rituals of calming stubborn spirits on Coast project sites",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/when-bulldozers-meet-gods-the-rituals-of-calming-stubborn-spirits-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T13:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Standard Kenya",
    "slug": "the-standard-kenya",
    "url": "https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001560734/when-bulldozers-meet-gods-the-rituals-of-calming-stubborn-spirits-on-coast-project-sites"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As bulldozers clear land for multibillion-shilling highways, ports and industrial parks, some communities insist that progress must first secure the blessing of the unseen forces.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}