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Three people charged in Runyenjes court with subjecting girl to Female Genital Mutilation

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Three people were on Monday charged in a Runyenjes court with subjecting a girl to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Kigaa village, Embu East sub-county.

They appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate Beatrice Kimemia and denied the charges. Mercy Wanjuki was charged that on December 2, 2017, at around 5am in Kigaa village, she illegally circumcised a 15-year-old girl.

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