Churches in bid to stem ‘unkindest cut of all’

Rite of passage, symbolised by the cut among the people of Central is an important custom. Unfortunately, traditionally, it was not just a time of much pain, but one where societal vices like premarital sex and taking alcohol were glorified in the name of becoming a man.

Until the church stepped in. Today most teenagers, just after sitting their KCPE no longer retreat to a cubicle - a one roomed house that gives young men unlimited, unsupervised entry to conduct dirty business- but stay at a camp under the watchful eye of elders and counsellors.