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Five women jailed for 3 years for getting circumcised

Florence Kiende, Caroline Wanja, Charity Karimi, Charity Muthoni and Winfred Kawira at Githongo Law Courts where they were charged with willingly procuring FGM services on diverse dates this year. They pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 3 years imprisonment or a Sh200,000 fine. [Olivia Murithi, Standard]

Five women were convicted for willingly procuring Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) services for themselves.

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