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Hard-headed parents abetting cross border FGM

Pokot girls under 14 years are still forced to go for Female genital mutilation (FGM). [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

Lerinto ole Roinet, a father in Oloitoktok, Kajiado County is a disturbed man. He regrets forcing his wife to secretly transport their only daughter to Tanzania in August 2020 for Female Genital Mutilation by her aunt, a well-known cutter.  

His wife, Nkanai Naeku, thought all would go well, but now also regrets after their daughter bled profusely, almost to death.

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