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Why Kikuyu parents ship boys from Texas for 'irua' in Tigoni

Every year, Kikuyu parents from the Diaspora ship their boys home for circumcision, sparing no money in the process. In December 2015, for instance, over 50s boys gathered in Garden Estate Nairobi for initiation into adulthood.

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