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'Circumcised boys not allowed in this school'

 

 
Cengalo Primary School Headmaster Leboo Ngiroi. [PHOTO: ELIUD KIPSANG]

Uasin Gishu, Kenya: Circumcision is considered a mandatory cultural rite of passage among the Kalenjin, which boys between 13 and 17 must undergo to become members of a named age-set.

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