Cross-border FGM slashes gains against unkind ‘cut’
Kenya’s Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Public Service Safina Kwekwe (right) shares an agreement with elders from Loita in Kenya and Nkorongoro in Tanzania to denounce FGM. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
As the world marked the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM on February 6, Tanzania was grappling with incidences of girls crossing into Kenya to get the 'cut'.
Speaking in Dar Es Salaam, Valeria Felix, the manager of the anti-FGM civil societies, said cross-border FGM is on the rise, and accounts for 60 per cent of all ‘cuts’.
