More than 1,500 boys aged between 15 and 17 from several sub-counties in Kiambu on Monday graduated after circumcision and a two-week mentorship programme.
The boys went on a sensitisation program about the benefits of preserving cultural identity and keeping Kikuyu traditions pure.
Speaking at the certificate issuance ceremony at Munyaka grounds on Monday morning, area MP Francis Kigo Njenga urged the 1,500 young men in the program to become good ambassadors of the Kikuyu community by leading in doing valuable things for the society.
Njenga urged parents in the area to support the boy child education to empower them and shun abandoning the boy child for girl child rights.
He called for the strengthening of the capacity of families and institutions to nurture and protect children from abuse to improve their welfare.
"My office in collaboration with residents will form networks in areas with rampant boy child neglect and act upon making sure that both genders are taken care of," he said.
Speaking at the same event, the program coordinator Njuguna Wamarungo called on the county leadership to support boy child programs and work together with other stakeholders to eradicate boy child neglect.
"Am also urging the county leadership to put up measures that will eradicate boy child neglect and improve the welfare of both genders without discrimination. According to Kikuyu traditions, all genders are equal and should be respected," he said.