(i) Modern medical technology has attracted many initiates than the traditional surgeons.
(ii) The effect of western lifestyle which has had decline in traditional moral values.
(iii) Christianity condemns rituals associated with initiation.
(iv) Government policy that has banned female genital mutilation.
(v) Human rights lobby groups which advocate for the rights of the girl child.
(vi) Formal education which gives no time for the rites and gives the youth alternative ways of acquiring skills and values.
(vii) Migration which leads to mixing of various cultures and hence, the decline in participation in cultural practices.
(viii) Economic hardships making it difficult to hold elaborate initiation celebrations.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on August 30, 2017 at 05:35
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