We have made progress in fight against FGM

President Uhuru Kenyatta and First Lady Margaret Kenyatta receive a copy of the launch of the National Policy for Eradication of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) from Public Service Cabinet Secretary Margaret Kobia during its launch at State House, Nairobi.

The 2011 Anti- Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Act which prohibits the practice of FGM is bearing fruit. This is evident in the drop in the prevalence rate from 27 to 21 per cent in the last decade. The Act provides for a three-year to life in prison for practitioners.

However, traditionalists have continued to advance excuses to justify the continuation of the outlawed practice, at times advancing excuses that border on the bizarre.