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Teresia Mumbi, a makanga, was in May 2018 strip-checked by a female police officer to confirm her gender.
“It was a traumatic incident,” she told a local news outlet. “I remember feeling like I could throw myself onto the highway and end my life.” The police woman had suspected Mumbi to be a man because she had a beard – in spite of her other feminine features like her voice.
Then there is the case of Faith Macharia, who while still in college recalls; “I noticed about two prominent strands of hair jutting out my chin.” That was in 2006. She hurriedly shaved the offending strands ensuring no one else saw them. Unfortunately for her, hair grows back within days. And the more she shaved, the more it grew.
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