SHOCKING! A KENYAN TRIBE WHERE THE MEN SUCKS WOMEN BREAST MORE THAN THEIR CHILDREN

A town called Butere in Kakamega Country in Kenya.This is a town with over 4,000 people that has been practicing a rather obscure custom that would have never come to the limelight had health officials not raised concern. This custom sees men competing with newborns for breast milk. Whereas, mothers feed their babies with one breast and leave the other for their husbands, local media Nairobi News reports. In the aspect of this practice, newborns babies are not allowed to suck the breast reserved for their fathers. According to their believe, its stated that “When a man sucks the breast of his wife who is lactating (breast feeding), the child should not breastfeed on the same breast. Or this will lead the death of the child. Which the Luhya cultural practices don’t allow this,” an 82-year-old man who refused to be identified was quoted by Nairobi News. Sucking has nothing to do with breast milk. For the men in the town, the custom has nothing to do with breast milk, but it is rather a way of preventing their wives and children from being cursed. While others said they suck their wives’ breast to ensure the romance remains even after childbirth. But health officials are earnestly worried about the effects on children and therefore, in 2014, Butere sub-county public health officer in the name of Mr Oliver Walutila started a campaign to put an end to the custom in the area.