Report: More than 4,000 girls saved from FGM in Serengeti
Wegesa John and Mbusiro Kitari Nyamburi (right) were sentenced by the Serengeti Resident Magistrates’ Court to three years in jail each, a fine of Sh300,000 each and compensation of Sh2 million after being founf guilty of mutilating a girl under 14 years in Serengeti District, Mara Region, last year. PHOTO | FILE
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Launched on Wednesday, the report shows that the girls saved from undergoing FGM were equivalent to 74 per cent of 5,621 girls planned for it in the year and 1,473 girls did undergo FGM.
