Nowhere to run for circumcisers as authorities tighten the noose

Some of the implements used by female traditional circumcises used in Kuria. Kuria OCPD, Mr Evans Wanyinyo. Traditional circumcisers in Kuria, Migori County are engaging the police in a hide-and-seek game as the government intensifies fight against Female Genital Mutilation. (PHOTO: SCOPHINE OTIENO/ STANDARD)

Traditional circumcisers in Kuria, Migori County are engaging the police in a hide-and-seek game as the government intensifies fight against Female Genital Mutilation.

While some circumcisers flee to Tanzania to escape arrest, others are tucked in their hideouts where they continue to administer the rite in secrecy under guard and protection from village elders.