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ODPP unveils new measures in fight against FGM

From left, DPP Noordin Haji, UNFPA representative Asenath Mwithaga, Anti-FGM Board CEO Bernadette Lolojun and Lady Justice Agnes Murgor shortly after convening a one-day validation workshop on Female Genital Mutilation standard operating procedures manual at a Nairobi hotel on June 21, 2021. [Courtesy]

Victims of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) could soon enjoy a quick dispensation of justice after Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) unveiled a new framework to curb the vice. 

Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji said yesterday the new standard operating procedures would enhance efficiency in the investigations and prosecutions to ensure perpetrators are swiftly punished.

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