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Outlawed female cut keeping girls out of school, officials warn

Hundreds of women and girls in North Rift continue to be subjected to female circumcision despite the practice being outlawed.

This has in turn negatively affected education of girls in the region, with reports indicating that less than 50 per cent of circumcised girls continue with the learning; the rest are married off after the cut.

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