“Controversial health check-up of school girl”
“the Girls in the south west of Kenya, are returning to school after the christmas break, may undergo compulsory examinations of female genital mutilation and pregnancy, according to authorities. The measure is part of the government’s attempt to come to those who illegally carry out the brutal surgery, but is still controversial.”
“According to George Natembeya, the political leader of the area, Nyahururu, forced many girls to female genital mutilation during the leave, and pregnancies following the traditional initiation rites.”
“We have the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in the country, and genital mutilation is prevalent in some communities in Nyahururu, but it is difficult to track the cases because this is happening in secret,” he says.”
” the Tests help us to better support the girls, who often have to hide their pregnancies and health problems after stympningarna. We will also be able to prosecute the men who had connection with them and access parents who force their daughters to undergo this practice.”
“the Girls, aged 9-17 years have since Thursday been investigated by health professionals.”
“Kvinnorättsgrupper is, however, critical and describes the controls as degrading and an invasion of privacy.”
“And lärarfacket Kuppet (Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers) agree with you.”
“– We should not do this because it runs out of students ‘rights,” says fackbasen Charles Ng’eno to the newspaper the Daily Nation.”
