Police in Kuria West district yesterday arrested a girls’ circumciser. Masaba Mabera divisional officer Japheth Nyongesa said three parents were also arrested during the operation. “We have intensified arrest which has forced circumicisers and parents to go in hiding for fear of arrest,” he said. Nyongesa said they will work closely with chiefs and their assistants to ensure FGM is stamped out. “We have put pressure on them by conducting constant patrols. Circumcisers use motorbikes at night to move to homesteads,” he said. Children officer Fred Nyatigi said the pressure from the Act against...
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