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Why doctor wants FGM ban lifted

Dr. Tatu Kamau filed a case seeking to legalize FGM [Courtesy]

The High Court in Machakos will next week determine whether a case filed by doctor Tatu Kamau, who wants female circumcision legalised, will proceed or not.

Dr Kamau, who has been practising medicine for 26 years, wants the court to declare as unconstitutional an Act that outlawed Female Genital Mutilation.

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