The postponement has not gone down well with the men who make boys men, as they have vowed to go ahead with the cut regardless of the elders’ directive. Bukusu Council of Elders chairman Richard Walukano defended the postponement, saying it was not the first time a circumcision ceremony was put off. “Shortly before World War (II), we postponed circumcision in 1938 and instead held it in 1939, 1940 and 1942. But the men who carry out the cut are determined to go all the way despite the threat posed by Covid-19. “We realised that many people are now circumcising their teenage boys in hospitals and this is against the Bukusu traditions.

Source: Standard Digital July 18, 2020 21:02 UTC