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Authorities intensify anti-FGM efforts in Isiolo County amid high prevalence rates. [File Courtesy]
The Government of Kenya, through the National Anti-FGM Board, has intensified efforts to curb the rampant cases of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Isiolo County, whose prevalence rates stand at a high of 66% against the national average of about 15%, according to the latest data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics released in the year 2022.
The board, has completed the process of establishing and revitalizing a County Steering Committee comprising of representatives from Faith Based organizations, local administrators, office of the director of public prosecutions, the police service, the County Government’s department of health services, the department of gender and social services and local anti-FGM Champions/crusaders, who have now been tasked with the responsibility of coordinating efforts to curb the outlawed practice, ensuring that those responsible are nabbed and that the cases against them are water-tight so that they are punished by law.
Speaking in Isiolo, following two days of capacity building of the steering committee members, Hashim Mousa Yusuf, a director at the National Anti-FGM board, noted that similar efforts will be replicated across 22 hotspot counties to ensure that the fight against the age-old outlawed practice is won.
