Chiefs and Nyumba Kumi elders in Garissa county are notorious for abetting female genital mutilation. This came up during International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation celebrations on Tuesday at Garissa Primary School. Speaker after speaker blamed the administrators and the elders for failing to use the available laws to prosecute FGM perpetrators. The Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act of 2011 spells a punishment of between three years in prison and life imprisonment for guilty persons. Children’s officer Benjamin Kinyua said the fight against FGM should form part of the chiefs and assistant chiefs' performance contracts.

Source: The Star February 07, 2018 20:26 UTC