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How education calendar interrupted season of circumcision

Young initiates of Abang'ayo sub tribe of Wanga community sing and dance at Matungu cultural area in Kakamega county during celebrations to mark Jamhuri day on December 12, 2020. [Benjamin Sakwa]

The changes in the education calendar that were occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic have interrupted initiation rites among the Kalenjin community.

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