Kikuyu elders give 200 boys lessons on good morals

Kikuyu elders have said they are going back to the old ways of initiating boys into adulthood to instill morality in the youth. The Kiambu elders' chair said they have opted for the old ways to protect the boys from negative advice and influence He was speaking at a ceremony to mark the initiation into adulthood of some 200 boys who had been circumcised. “This is just the beginning. We have watched with a lot of concern as the boys in this generation get lost being so we want to initiate them as our forefathers did,” Mwangi said. The boys were mentored and counselled by the elders...