MUTILATORS OVERPOWERS KENYAN POLICE AND HUNDREDS OF GIRLS ARE MUTILATED:(( FROM AGE 8-16 AND ARE READY FOR MARRIAEGE THAT MEANS NO SCHOOL FOR THEM!!.AND ONE SHAMELESS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CIVIC LEADER DEFENDS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IN NYANZA PROVINCE KURIA DISTRICT!! AM STILL COMING TO TERMS POLICE WITH GUNS AND VILLAGERS WITH MACHETTES/PANGA!! I HATE DECEMBER THIS IS THE MONTH MANY GIRLS LIVES ARE RUINED FOR GOOD!!!

Girls are congratulated and decorated after their genitals are mutilated !!called Esaro as friends and relatives join in the celebrations. so sick!!!!!

The sound of gun shots pierced the air as seemingly intoxicated youth joined girls and women in wild celebration.
Tradition had triumphed over law as hundreds of girls, some as young as eight years old faced the knife in a procedure that is internationally loathed and outlawed — female genital mutilation.

The setting is Kuria East and West districts. It’s is the third year since the last rite, and so a fresh set of girls are supposed to undergo the FGM among the Bugambe and the Buiregi clans.

Tuesday was the culmination of three days of activities that saw the villagers throng footpaths in wild celebration, armed with home made guns, machetes, spears, knives, clubs and other weapons that would ordinarily have their wielders jailed.

Hundreds of schoolgirls underwent the traditional rite of passage that now allows them to get married, raising doubts as to whether they will continue with their studies in the New Year.

Among the health concerns associated with the practice are complications during childbirth, heavy bleeding after birth and prolonged hospitalisation, with the degree of complications increasing depending on the extent and severity of the mutilation that can also cause infections and death.

The killer virus, HIV, is also readily transmitted this way.

Teachers in the area said that while the practice had been part of culture, it lead to significant deterioration in the standard of education as girls dropped out of school soon afterwards.

But Guitembe ward councillor from Kuria constituency Protrus Kohe defended the practice, arguing that the constitution protected cultural practices of communities.

Early in the week, two women mutilaters were arrested by police while “cutting” five young girls. The law enforcers laid a trap near the mutilaters’ homes and nabbed them soon after they began the “surgery”.

But the locals, who are predominantly members of the Kuria community, blocked the police vehicle, demanding immediate and unconditional release of the women.The officers were then forced to fire in the air several times to scare off the adamant protesters.
But more drama was to unfold when armed youths joined in the protests and blocked the busy Kenya-Tanzania highway for several hours.

They then engaged the police in running battles along the highway in a move that paralysed transport and blocked cargo trailers heading to or coming from the neighbouring country.

Even attempts by the Kuria West DC James Mugwe to calm them down bore no fruit.

The DC however insisted that they would not allow FGM to continue in the region, saying the practice was illegal.

FGM is practised in at least 26 of 43 African countries and prevalence varies from 98 per cent in Somalia to 5 per cent in Zaire/Congo.

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TOURIST AND INVESTORS FLOCKS ARUSHA REGION AND IGNORES THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION TOWARDS WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS, LIKE FGM AND EARLY MARRIAGES .

Arusha, christened the Switzerland of Africa, has in recent days been a centre of political tension and not to mention of the several human rights violations against women.
The northern Tanzania region of Arusha occupies third place in the country in terms of the vice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) after Dodoma and Manyara.
Apart from the outdated tradition, so-called investors are clamouring for Arusha’s fertile land wanting to put up their investment projects.
The booming tourism industry has made the town one of the most potential investment destinations in the country, a situation that could be partly to blame for the land-grab phenomenon.
In the same rich Arusha region, there are poor people who have failed to convert their land into wealth. Perhaps one of the most notable achievements would be to see more people become aware of their rights, a task which is being done by the Arusha Legal Aid Clinic.
This clinic has managed to provide legal services to 2,822 clients, surpasssing its goal of serving 2300 clients per year.
As of October 32, the clinic won 31 cases and the number of clients could even jump by the end of the year.
Furthermore, the clinic has managed to reconcile 27 out of the 38 matters brought before it while 114 clients have been educated to represent their cases in court.
Apart from the provision of legal aid, the clinic has been making a follow-up on human rights violations in the area and this year alone, has managed to follow up on seven issues, including the Mererani saga where teenage girls were forced into early marriages.
The problem of early marriages is common in Arusha, and it is not surprising for a teacher on leave to come back find that half of the schoolgirls have absconded schooling.
Rose Mwapinga, a former teacher and District Education Officer admits that there were times when a teacher would make a roll-call in class only to be told that so and so “ameolewa”(the girl pupil has been married off).

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Senator Harry Reid introduces our FGM bill to the Senate bill S 1919 to strengthen our HR 2221 girls protection act of 2011, after a great call from his DC office I am happy that good men exist and are ready to fight for women's right. Ambassador Mashua,

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday introduced legislation that would make it a crime under U.S. law to take young girls out of the U.S. for the purpose of genital mutilation.

Reid's bill, the Girls' Protection Act, follows up on the successful passage of another Reid bill in 1996 that criminalizes this procedure in the U.S. on girls under the age of 18. But he said that law has what he called a "vacation loophole" that allows female genital mutilation, or FGM, to take place on U.S. girls when they are out of the country.

"While it is difficult to know precisely how many girls in the United States are at risk of being subject to FGM, estimates from various sources suggest that approximately 200,000 women living in the United States have been, or are at risk, of being subject to FGM," Reid said Tuesday. "Enactment of the Girls' Protection Act would help to better protect these girls by serving as a deterrent for those parents who are considering sending their young girls to their home countries to undergo FGM."
Under his bill, S. 1919, transporting women or girls for that purpose would leave them open to fines and up to five years in prison.
Female genital mutilation is recognized around the world as a human-rights violation that nonetheless has been carried out on an estimated 100 million to 140 million girls and women. Reid called the procedure a "harmful cultural ritual with origins in Africa, Asia and the Middle East," and said it has no medical justification.

Reid said estimates from several sources indicate that over 200,000 women and girls in the U.S. are or have been at risk of FGM.
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After my plea and hope Kenyan government to arrest mutilators and their helpers/parents they finally did, but the angry villagers and mutilators did not make it easy,they were forced to FIRE IN THE AIR, FOR US FGM ACTIVISTS WE DON'T HAVE GUNS JUST GUTS YOU CAN IMAGINE AN ANGRY MOB CRYING FOR YOUR BLOOD!! Ambassador Mashua

Police in Kuria West District were forced to shot several times in the air to disperse angry villagers who wanted to block them from arresting a MUTILATOR in Mabera division.The rowdy villagers, had stormed the district officer's office to protest at the arrest of the woman and her aide. The two had been arrested along the Isibania -Migori highway while dancing with villagers and two girls whose genitals they had just mutilated.It is very sad that the two girls were already mutilated:(( but it shows great step by the Kenya police to even protect the mutilated girls, on the other hand who told this angry sympathizers of mutilators they can storm at a local police station and demand the release of this two blood suckers? . KENYA POLICE AND THE SKEPTICS NOW YOU CAN SEE THE DANGER WE TRED ON AS ANTI FGM ACTIVISTS AND RESCUERS , SOME HAVE BEEN KILLED, SOME FORCED TO FLEA THE ONLY HOME THEY KNEW AND LOVED:(, SOME HAVE BEEN RAPED, BURNT JUST AS A LEASON,SOME LIVE EVERYDAY WITH THREATS AND A PRICE ON THEIR HEAD:((. IF VILLAGERS COULD STORM A POLICE STATION WHAT CAN THEY DO TO A RESCUE CENTER OR AN ANT FGM ACTIVIST HOME? YOU DO THE MATH.
ON THE OTHER HAND AS THE GOVERNMENT OF KENYA CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE GIRLS AND DO SOME SERIOUS ARRESTS TO WHOEVER TRIES,THINKS,DREAMS TO MUTILATE GIRLS. MY EYES ARE ON YOU AND THE WORLD IS WATCHING WITH ME.GIRLS DESERVE EDUCATION AND A BETTER LIFE!

EDUCATION TO ALL GIRLS IS A GREAT INVESTMENT.

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Over 200 girls have run away and camping in Kuria district Kenya asking the government to save them from FGM. I expect the government of Kenya to save every single girl in Kenya!

Following FGM cases going on in Kuria District whereby young girls are taken for the mutilation in the month of December annually, more than 200 young girls are camping in Ikerege village at a rescue camp fearing forced female genital mutilation. Speaking to press at the center, the girls said the Government must now come out strongly and save them from this culture. But according to one of the Kuria elders, men should not be blamed over FGM but the girls must blame their mothers who take them for the procedure.(ooh yeah that is "right" who are you kidding?)
This girls should be taught and believe it is their human rights not to be mutilated!!!
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Kenyan government walk the talk and give a 100% protection to the girls this MUTILATING (FGM )SEASON! AND EARLY MARRIAGES,We want to see some serious jail terms for all the crooks and pedophiles !! Ambassador Mashua

According to a reliable source and an article, most of the mutilation are executed deep in the night which has been an obstacle to the fight against FGM. And most girls are forced to marry after undergoing FGM.
December holiday when such ceremonies are rampant. With the passing of Bill in April this year, Kenya joined other African countries prohibiting FGM.
The bill provides that any one found practicing FGM and convicted will be sent to jail for seven years or fined 500,000 shillings. (5,250$)!! Anyone who causes death in the process of carrying out FGM will be liable to life imprisonment.Those convicted of aiding, abetting or carrying out FGM will be liable to imprisonment for a term between three and seven years or a fine of between 100,000 shillings and 500,000 shillings (5,250$). Kenyan government it is time you walk the talk we want to see some serious jail time for the crooks and also life imprisonment especially to all the crooks, handlers and helpers involved in the mutilation murder of the 16 years old girl who bleed to death few weeks ago in POKOT!!! We are watching and we are on to you!! And every girl that will be mutilated we will count at least 3 crooks jailed so 1 for 3!! meanwhile we will continue rescuing girls because its still so clear they are not safe!!! Do your job and keep the children safe!!

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Hundreds of girls are escaping FGM and crossing the boarders from Kenya, this girls are at risk of human traffic as they are running to anywhere and into anyone, please donate to help keep girls safe .

Hundreds of girls are believed to have crossed over to neighbouring Tanzania for fear of being forced to undergo female genital mutilation.

According to residents in Kuria, hundreds of girls, some as young as ten years old, have fled their homes to avoid the traditional rite which is scheduled for December among the Abagumbe clan.

The girls are reported to have escaped within a period of one week to avoid forced female genital mutilation (FGM).

Mr John Gichoro, a resident of Nyabohanse village, said that preparations for the cultural celebrations were already ongoing even as the Government issued a stern warning that it would arrest and prosecute any parent or guardian subjecting children to the backward practice.

Speaking in the area, Nyanza PC Mr Francis Mutie who toured the region last week described the rite as retrogressive and asked the community’s leaders to find alternative ways of ushering their children to adult-hood.

"This is something that has to change as it denies our girls a chance to lead a normal life," he said adding that researchers have confirmed the practice has no benefit to the girls or the community.

There have been reports of some parents believed to be faking their daughters’ disappearance to enable them mutilate them secretly in their homes.(holding them hostages in their own home)

A number of organsiations fighting the vice in the region have been urged to establish secluded camps where girls would be trained on alternative rites of passage.

Kuria west district children’s officer John Langat said his office in collaboration with a number of NGOs the police, the provincial administration and churches, had taken the necessary measures to protect girls from being forced to face the knife.

"We are aware of those planning to launch this rite within the abagumbe clan but we are not going to allow them infringe the rights of their daughters this time round," Mr Langat warned.

The Kuria community has four clans, which practice the outlawed rite of passage in liaison with their kin in Tanzania.

This is also an opportunity for human traffickers to get this girls, believe me many disappear for good:(((. please donate today to Mashua voice for the voiceless international.inc a tax deductible for a donation of 10 or more we send a personalized post card to a girl rescued, we can also send you a bumper sticker or a button. in that way we give shelter to the girls as we have families who are ready to take them in, on the right side of our blog you will see a donate button, I have rescued girls every year with the help f foot soldiers on the ground using my own money but this time around for the first time I am asking for your financial support.

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Global Ambassador for Ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
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Lobbying for HR 2221:The Girl's Protection Act sponsored by Rep. Joseph Crowley and Rep. Mary Bono Mack.
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