Police abandon bid to rescue 31 FGM girls in Marakwet East, Elgeyo Marakwet County as locals attack

A mission to rescue 31 girls who were forcibly circumcised in Marakwet East, Elgeyo Marakwet County, was yesterday met with stiff resistance after residents turned hostile and attacked security personnel.

The officers, drawn from both regular and Administration Police, had gone to Tinyar and Kapkabutwo villages in Chugor sub-location to rescue the girls who were living in seclusion after undergoing the cut, but they had to abandon their mission and take cover as locals hurled stones at them.