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Alice was circumcised when she was 11 years old. Two years later, she fell pregnant and dropped out of school. She was forced to get ‘married’ to a woman in Kehancha, in a Kuria culture known as Nyumba Mboke. She is now living with HIV.
Catherine Tingo, the Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) coordinator for Kuria East, explains the practice was adopted by women, who wanted to have male children and ensure continuity in the family.
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