President Uhuru Kenyatta has said ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is key to empowering the girl child in Kenya to take part fully in national development. “If we want to achieve our national goals, we have to change and offer our girls opportunities in education to excel,” said President Uhuru. Uhuru spoke Friday at Kisima in Samburu County where he witnessed the signing of a declaration by elders to end FGM and child marriages. Read More"I know it is possible for our girls to go through alternative rites of passage without suffering,” President Uhuru said. The President's busy schedule saw him inspect several Government projects in Samburu County among them the 65-kilometre Posta-Kisima-Maralal Road and the multipurpose Yamo Dam.

Source: Standard Digital March 06, 2021 06:11 UTC