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Let adult women go for cut: Doctor wants female circumcision legalized

 

A medical doctor yesterday put a spirited fight to convince High Court judges that they should lift laws banning female circumcision.

Tatu Kamau told Justices Lydiah Achode, Margaret Muigai and Kanyi Kimondi that she wanted willing adult women to freely opt for the outlawed act as a way of observing their culture and for hygiene.

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