Kajiado governor Joseph Ole Lenku. [Photo/citizentv.co.ke]
Kajiado Governor Joseph Lenku has asked traditional circumcisers carrying out Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) to end the illegal practice and direct their energy to other income-generating activities.
Lenku, who was meeting with some of the circumcisers appealed to them to engage in agriculture, livestock farming or education.
The Female genital mutilators are usually paid by the girl’s parents before they carry out the cut.
Governor Lenku spoke in Lenkisim area of Kajiado South constituency where he led an anti-FGM campaign. The practice is common in Kajiado, Marakwet, Samburu, and Laikipia.
African Medical and Research Foundation Kenya organized the event where young girls were offered an alternative rite of passage in Lenkisim Ward.
Over 40,000 girls have so far undergone the alternative rite of passage in Kajiado in the last three years according to Amref Kenya director Peter Ofware, who also attended the event in Lenkisim.