Bungoma man circumcised in public after wife reports him to elders

Bungoma, Kenya: A huge crowd flocked the little known Chwele Market in Bungoma County to witness a rare spectacle after a 39-year-old man was forcefully circumcised Friday morning.

The father of eleven woke up to the shock of thousands of strangers gathered outside his home waiting for one thing……to circumcise him.

The man allegedly found himself in the most humiliating position after an argument with his first wife. The wife, who had had enough of him, reportedly made the exposé to the elders.

In less than five minutes, the 39-year-old man had not only endured the cut, but also the embarrassment of having to go through the process in front of thousands of people, a situation that attracted more curious onlookers.

A paramilitary GSU unit attempted to intervene in vain. The man, according to the Bukusu culture, will now have to stay secluded for four months, after which community leaders will be called in to give him guidance ‘on what it means to be a man’.

The man has two wives and 11 children. After the cut, he was showered with several gifts including money.