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A woman displays the razorblade she uses to perform FGM on girls. [File, Standard]
An expectant woman has bled to death while her co-wife is in hospital following a botched female genital mutilation (FGM) in Elgeyo Marakwet County.
The co-wives were subjected to the outlawed FGM in Kocholwo, Keiyo South sub-county on the wee hours of Tuesday but it turned tragic after the pregnant younger woman died from excessive bleeding.
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