In some rural Kenyan communities, tradition dictates that December is the month when boys and girls are circumcised. <br /> <br />The communities, which still practice female genital mutilation, make girls marry off immediately after the circumcision is completed. Both practices are carried out secretly as they are illegal in Kenya.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Catherine Soi reports from a rescue centre for such girls in the western town of Kilgoris.
