The cut: Outlawed but still going strong

Elgeyo Marakwet Woman Representative Dr Susan Chebet, who has been very vocal in advocacy against female genital mutilation (FGM). She is the founder of ‘Tumdo Ne Leel’. [Photo: Eliud Kosgey/Standard]

She is a practising nurse and for three years, she helped young girls face the cut, better known as female genital mutilation (FGM), even thought she knew she was contravening the law. But that was then.

Cheruto (not her real name) has since stopped engaging in what she calls a “lucrative business”. But while she was active, she did it at her clinic in the North Rift.