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Not long ago, a girl lost her life while undergoing female genital mutilation in Elang’ata, Kajiado West. The mood is sombre when we arrive in the remote area. A crowd is pooling and in their midst, a grey-haired woman (perhaps an octogenarian) looks on quietly.
Esther Oseu, with her strong, slim figure and greying, kinky hair, rolled back in natural contours, stands out from the crowd, even though everyone is dressed in an assortment of red, white and blue Maasai regalia.
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