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How girl rescued from marriage after FGM topped national exam

Samburu Girls Foundation Rescue Center girls celebrating the good performance of Rosilla Lenanyokie(in a white T-shirt). She scored a B- of 55 points. [Standard]

Rosilla Lenanyokie was forced to undergo Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) at the age of nine and married off to a 42-year-old man as a third wife.

As with many other Samburu girls, her fate appears to have been sealed when she was placed on the family path.

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