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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: vooke on October 27, 2019, 04:21:56 PM
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A medical doctor yesterday put a spirited fight to convince High Court judges that they should lift laws banning female circumcision.
Tatu Kamau (above) told Justices Lydiah Achode, Margaret Muigai and Kanyi Kimondi that she wanted willing adult women to freely opt for the outlawed act as a way of observing their culture and for hygiene.
She said the Government should instead limit female circumcision instead of a total ban.
According to the doctor, her plea is that willing adult women should be allowed to freely go for the cut, which is to be done by either doctors or certified traditional healers.....
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001346731/let-adult-women-go-for-cut-doctor-tells-court