{"id":14580,"date":"2014-05-23T08:03:06","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T08:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kenya-s-first-lady-calls-for-elimination-of\/"},"modified":"2014-05-23T08:00:04","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T08:00:04","slug":"kenya-s-first-lady-calls-for-elimination-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kenya-s-first-lady-calls-for-elimination-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya’s First Lady Calls for Elimination of Female Circumscision"},"content":{"rendered":"
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{{ Kenya’s First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has called on all Kenyan communities to bring an end to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).}}<\/p>\n

She condemned the practice and said that it should not have any place in any community during the 21st century.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a country we must aspire to achieve a zero FGM status where every girl can go to school, find and fulfill her destiny, enjoy her rights and contribute to nation building,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The First Lady, who spoke at Ngurumani, Kajiado County where she presided over an alternative rite of passage for 278 girls, said Kenyan communities have a rich and beautiful culture but there are some retrogressive aspects.<\/p>\n

\u201cCulture is dynamic. Let us retain the good parts but discard the retrogressive parts,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Kajiado Governor David ole Nkedianye said education is the key to eradicating all negative traditional practices.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we educate our girls this practice will disappear,\u201d as he encouraged more parents to endorse the alternative rite.<\/p>\n

The Chairperson of Government\u2019s Anti-FGM Commission Jebii Kilimo said female circumcision is illegal under the law.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is illegal to make a girl go through FGM and chiefs should read the Act and educate the public,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The Country Director of Amref Lenny Kyomuhangi said they have been supporting such projects since 2009.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than 3,000 girls have passed through this kind of rite which we have been supporting since 2009,\u201d said Dr Kyomuhangi.<\/p>\n

She said alternative rites of passage also support better maternal health because women would be free from diseases or complication associated with the female cut.<\/p>\n

The traditional ceremony is being adopted by sections of the Maasai community to replace the female genital cut practiced by majority of the pastoralist communities.<\/p>\n

Leaders from Narok, Samburu and Laikipia counties were also represented and they expressed intention to introduce the alternative rite of passage in their areas.<\/p>\n

The First Lady said other communities should be encouraged to adopt the alternative rites to phase out the cut.<\/p>\n

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