A PRISON WARDER IN KITALE FORCED TO UNDERGO THE KNIFE:
Prison constable Michael Ngilimo was earlier today
forcibly cut by a group moving house to
house in search of uncircumcised men.
They pounced on Ngilimo and
circumcised him and left him there bleeding
without treatment.
Ngilimo attached at eldoret prison was at his home for a passleave when he was pounced on unaware.
At least 12 men from other tribes have been
forcibly circumcised since the start of the
circumcisions in August, according to police
and local authorities. Others have sought
refuge in police stations to avoid the knife’s
cut.
A 13-year-old boy lost his penis this month
after it was chopped off by a circumciser,
according to local press reports.
Everything happened within seconds’
Adult male members of the Turkana
community living in the Bukusu-dominated
town of Moi’s Bridge are the majority of the
victims of the forced circumcisions,
according to local administrator Moses
Okumu.
"Never regret, if its good, its wonderful. If its bad, its experience."