Chiefs abetting FGM in Kajiado to be sacked

Chiefs and their assistants supporting FGM will be fired, Kajiado county commissioner David Kipkemei has said. Speaking at Ngatataek trading centre in Kajiado Central on Wednesday, Kipkemei said some chiefs frustrate the fight against female genital mutilation. He addressed a public baraza attended by the public, senior security officials and all chiefs and their assistants. “The government has banned such practices, but the chiefs and their assistants collude with the circumcisers,” Kipkemei said.

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