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Fathers of change leading the charge against FGM

Some of the elders in Noomayianat location in Loitoktok, Kajiado County leading the anti-FGM campaign. [Jacinta Mutura, Standard]

Nine years ago, Joseph Lonana, a resident of the Noomayianat location in Loitoktok, Kajiado South chose a path he was so uncertain about.

He defied entrenched cultural norms to protect his sister from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

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