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Rite of passage for boys is the newest business in town

A nurse conducts Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision procedures on boys at Kagoto Primary School in Bahati, Nakuru, on November 12, 2016. [Joseph Kpsang, Standard]

The signboards are everywhere as we approach the festive season. They advertise camps for rites of passage for boys, mostly after Class Eight.

Entrepreneurs have seen a gap in that market. They form groups where they hire premises like schools for that purpose. The other key players are churches. Why the new business?

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