Queries emerge as church rakes in millions using circumcision

Boys who have just sat for their KCPE exams line up to be circumcised in a classroom as part of the ongoing initiation programme across the country. (Photo: Antony Gitonga/Standard)

Tens of stark naked boys, covered in mud, are escorted by screaming villagers, round the village amid singing and dancing.

The boys brave the biting cold as they head to the river, ready for circumcision ceremony marked every December. They are then taken to their homes, where elders guide and counsel them before the ‘operation’.