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Medics raise the red flag over cases of boys born with genital disorders

Nyahururu County Hospital has reported 24 cases in the last one month. [iStockphoto]

Medical experts have raised alarm over rising cases of boys born with undescended testis in Laikipia and Nyandarua counties.

Most suffer from cryptorchidism, a condition in which a testicle has not moved into its proper position in the scrotum.

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