Ending FGM will empower girl child, President Uhuru tells communities
THE STANDARD By PSCU | March 6th 2021 at 09:07:27 GMT +0300 President Uhuru Kenyatta has said ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is key to empowering the girl child in Kenya to take part fully in national development. “If we want to achieve our national goals, we have to change and offer our girls opportunities in education to excel,” said President Uhuru. "If you look around the world, women are holding influential positions and we don’t want to be left behind because of retrogressive cultural activities." Uhuru spoke Friday at Kisima in Samburu County where he witnessed the sig...