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| 15 years old Dan Wafula (left without T-shirt) and his 14 years old brother Amos Juma(right) during the Bukusu cultural preparations for their circumcision on 1st /Aug/2014 at Kebuke river, Machwele village in Bungoma County. [PHOTO: CHRISPEN SECHERE/STANDARD] |
BUNGOMA COUNTY: This time of the year is not particularly friendly for residents of Bungoma County who hail from communities that do not traditionally circumcise.
This is the time for them to be taunted and even threatened with forced circumcision. In fact, the unwritten golden rule here among the non-Bukusu male is to pack and go home every even year and return only after the month of August.
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