Circumcision
should be done to men who have consented to it and not being forced to undergo
the cut by the community, much less one he doesn’t belong.
This has
not been the case for Luo men caught up deep in the land of the Ingo brother,
as one Luo man found out. The sun was blistering hot, smiling as it journeyed
across the sky, the man danced to Ohangla music. Unbeknownst, he had been
single to undergo the cut, forcefully.
They marshaled
their strengths in their numbers leaving him no choice except to undergo the
ritual. And that’s how he parted with his foreskin.
“Luhya men we are strong. If we go through
this and still vumilia, you should respect us,” a say from one Bukusu man.
Even the old men are not spared a 65 five year old man found out
two weeks ago. He was roughed up by village circumcisers, rushed through the
banana fibers and they ‘job’ was finished. Though according to community rules,
one must agree to undergo the cut.
According
to Umulogoli community, a man at 10 years old should be already circumcised.
Doctors say, circumcision helps to prevent STIs and ease penetration during
making love. Their words are true. Men who still carry fore skin attract more
Sexual diseases compared to sharpened pencils.