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Kalenjin circumcision fete now moves to April

Young initiates who went on circumcision experience stages at Napara village in Bungoma County during the first day of circumcision festivals. [BY BENJAMIN SAKWA]

The Kalenjin community has moved its annual boys’ circumcision ceremony from December to April.

The changes in the initiation calendar have been occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic that affected the school calendar.

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