Long droughts push girls to FGM, early marriages

Women attend Enduata Ekitet village savings and loan groups at Olgumi area of Kajiado West Sub County in Kajiado County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard]

The scorching sun on the plains of Kajiado Central is unforgiving to teenage girls who trek for several kilometres across dusty hills and valleys in search of water.

Although they are visibly exhausted, the girls clad in Maasai shuka cannot give up until they get water for their livestock and for domestic use.