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Throughout the world, it has been observed that HIV prevalence is generally lower inpopulations that practice male circumcision than in populations where most men areuncircumcised. Currently, SMC is a proven cost-effective intervention for reducing the riskof sexual transmission of HIV/ AIDS. To assess the uptake of safe male circumcision servicesand its associated factors in Walukuba Division, Jinja district. This study used a crosssectionalstudy design which was conducted in Kauga-Nsuube village, Mukono district. Itinvolved 138 people above 18 years living with dogs at homes. The questionnaires were usedto collect information from them which was entered in SPSS for analysis. The analyzed resultswere presented in the form of pie charts and tables. The majority of males were notcircumcised (79.5%) while only 20.4% of males were circumcised (used SMC). It was foundthat being a Muslim the odds of being circumcised by 4.4 when compared with Christians(aRR 4.4, 95%CI 1.25-15.35, P=0.02). On the other hand, study participants who didn’t fearpain after circumcision were 5.3 times more likely to be circumcised than participants whofeared pain after circumcision (aRR 5.3, 95%CI 2.58-49.46, P=0.001) The level of uptake ofSMC services was low compared to global and national statistics. However, there are stillsome hindering factors to the uptake of safe male Circumcision among men aged 15-49 years.These include fear of pain and religion.