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Katika sayansi ya Wakikuyu, Mlima Kenya uliundwa baada ya “Nyota” ijulikanayo kama Rīūki (kumaanisha – jiwe lililokuja kutoka angani) ilipoanguka ardhini. Kishindo hicho kilisababisha mlipuko uliofuatwa na mtetemeko na mawimbi yaliyosambaa. Shimo lililoundwa na rīūki lilitoa uji wa magma- gīcūrūcūrū, majivu ya volkano- umbī na vifusi vya kokoto ya rīūki ardhini. Rīūki ikaunganishwa na mawe mengine ya Mlima Kenya. Rīūki ni jiwe takatifu na sayansi yake inahifadhiwa na Mbari ya Anjirū, ambayo ni mbari/ukoo baina ya Wakikuyu.
Rīūki hujulikana kama “Kenyte” katika lugha za kizungu. Hilo ndilo jiwe la volkano ambalo ni adimu zaidi duniani na linapatikana katika Mlima Kenya na Mlima Erebus pekee. Kuna tetesi kuwa kupatikana kwake katika sehemu hizo mbili pekee ni kutokana na ujio wa kimondo kutoka angani ambacho kilivunjika mara mbili hivyo kusababisha sehemu moja kuanguka kwenye ikweta (Kenya) na sehemu ingine kwenye ncha ya kusini (Antaktika)

[In Gīkūyū science, Mount Kenya was formed after a “Star” known as Rīūki (literally meaning –the stone that came from outer space) hit the earth’s surface. The impact created a huge explosion followed by an earthquake and outward symmetrical waves. The depression created by riuki extruded magma- gīcūrūcūrū, volcanic ashes- umbī and debris of disintegrated rīūki to the surface. Riuki became an embededment of Mount Kenya rocks. Rīūki is considered a sacred rock and it’s science is under the custody of ‘Mbarī ya Anjirū’ (Anjirū clan) of the Gīkūyū.
Rīūki is known in european language as “Kenyte”. It is the rarest volcanic rock on earth, found only in Mt. Kenya and Mt. Erebus in Antarctica. There are theories that it’s presence in only those two places is due to it being introduced by a meteorite that came into the planet and split into two with one landing at the equator (Kenya) and the other at the south pole(Antarctica)]