The Kikuyu Council of Elders has postponed the 2024 initiation for boys until next year when they will transition from the Junior Secondary School (JSS) to the Senior Secondary School.

Speaking in Naivasha under the ‘Kiama Kia Maa,’ the elders noted that circumcising the Grade 8 boys this year would have no meaning as they would return to Grade 9, which is still domiciled in primary schools.

Over the years, the community has circumcised boys who are transiting from primary to secondary, but this year, the process has changed following the introduction of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) system.

Further, the elders urged the church to change their dates in the initiation ceremony.

According to Council Director of Culture Kigochi Waimeri, the new learning system had forced the community to change the initiation dates.

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Additionally, Kigochi said that the real meaning of circumcision in the community meant transitioning from boyhood to manhood.

"Those boys who will be circumcised this year will return back to primary school and they won’t change mentally and hence this decision by the community elders."

The council deliberated on the initiation issue and has agreed to allow the boys one more year in primary school before being circumcised next year.