Police in Isiolo have arrested a couple for subjecting their six-month-old daughter to lady genital mutilation (FGM) in Leparua, Isiolo North constituency.
The two have been seized hours after the baby was rescued and rushed to Isiolo Referral Hospital and admitted.
The child’s father was once detained at the Isiolo Police Station while the mom was allowed to take care of the baby however below the watch of police officers, said Isiolo Sub-County Police Commander Collins Sainna.
We are interrogating the father to comprehend who carried out the cut and if there were accomplices so that we [can] arrest them and arraign them for the offence,” Mr Sainna said, adding that the lady will be prosecuted after the infant recovers.
A health legitimate at the health center informed the Nation that the infant was once taken there with a giant wound but had on the grounds that been stabilised.
Human rights activist Grace Lolim and Isiolo Interfaith Network chairperson Ahmed Sett condemned the act and asked the government to convey to book all these involved.
Mr Sett stated the outlawed practice was no longer linked to any faith and requested dad and mom to shun it as it did greater damage than desirable to ladies and women.
FGM is the partial or total removal of exterior genitalia and can cause severe bleeding and expose girls to infections and issues in childbirth and increased danger of newborn deaths.
Ms Lolim said the girl would possibly have been booked for marriage to an historical man later in life.
“This is unheard of. Most of the communities that challenge their girls to the dangerous practice do so [when the ladies are] between 9 and 12 years, however half of a 12 months historic is absurd,” she said.
She said increased attention among elders and parents and empowering circumcisers are among the approaches of eradicating the exercise
