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Modern revolution on traditional circumcision practices

Bukusu circumcision: Young initiate undergoes circumcision rite at Kamasielo village, Mt. Elgon in Bungoma County on August 1, 2016. [photo/BENJAMIN SAKWA]

African communities have always given circumcision a lot of significance. However, in the past three decades the rite has seen numerous changes that have given it a different meaning.

According to the national chairman of the Kikuyu Council of Elders Ndun’gu Gaithuma, formal education, religion, community integration and government policies are among factors that have revolutionised the rite.

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