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Communities practising female genital mutilation (FGM), have been asked to shun the retrogressive culture, as it impedes girls reproductive health and contributes to poverty.
Anti-Female Genital Mutilation Board chairperson Linah Jebii Kilimo raised concern over the number of girls who have undergone the cut in Meru, and called for an end to the practice. Ms Kilimo said:
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