Ten-year-old boy hospitalised after circumcising himself using a kitchen knife
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A 10-year-old boy admitted to hospital in serious condition after circumcising himself in Naivasha
A 10-year-old boy admitted to hospital in serious condition after circumcising himself in Naivasha.
The class three pupil is said to have performed the rite with a kitchen knife during the strange occurrence in the Ndabibi region, resulting in severe bleeding before he was rescued and sent to the hospital.
The boy, who is on vacation, made the decision to circumcise himself much like dozens of other boys in the village.
Lucy Wanja, the boy’s mother, claims that she realized something was wrong since the boy was walking painfully and would not leave the bedroom.
On checking closer, she realized that his pants were soaked in blood and decided to enquire further only to realize that he had circumcised himself.
“One of the neighbours’ sons was circumcised a couple of weeks back and I never realized that my son was mature enough to know what was going on,” the mother said.
The incident came a couple of days after a newly circumcised boy was tortured for close to one week by a group of youths in Mai Mahiu before he was rescued by police.
Three suspects including the stepmother have been arrested and are being held by police awaiting to be charged in court with attempted murder.
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This came as the Patron Kikuyu Council of Elders Kikuyu Council of Elders Captain Kung’u Muigai called on the church to keep off initiation ceremonies.
Through the ‘Kiama Kia Maa’, he said that the church should stick to religious matters while cultural issues like initiation should be conducted by elders.
“You have never seen the elders baptizing someone as it’s the responsibility of the church and circumcision of boys should be left to the elders,” he said.
Muigai blamed the rise in cases of bullying of newly baptized boys to the use of churches and other unqualified youths in the initiation process.
“As Kikuyu elders, we have circumcised over 10,000 boys in the last couple of weeks and counseled them on morals and the community’s cultural beliefs and practices,” he said.
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