Exposed: Mystery of Kenya’s ‘ghost circumcisions’

A youth undergoes cut during a Voluntary Male Circumcision (VMC) at Masogo dispensary in Muhoroni constituency. [Denish Ochieng/Standard]

Tens of thousands of ‘ghost circumcisions’ may have been reported in Kenya since 2008; costing donors a tidy amount of money.

A new evaluation report financed by the US Government, shows the much praised Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) in Kenya may have been built on falsified data.