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Hundreds of school girls in West Pokot County are yet to report back to school one week after partial re-opening due to mass Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and early marriages.
The long stay at home due to the Covid-19 pandemic is feared to have led to an increase in FGM and forced marriages among school going girls in the region.
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