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Women ditch the knife after circumcising girls for decades

A large group of female circumcisers have abandoned the practice after over 50 years of practice.

Speaking yesterday at Ortum during a forum to campaign against the vice, the more than 20 women from Central Pokot sub-county said they decided to abandon the practice after they were arrested and jailed for exposing countless girls to the outdated practice.

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