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THE STANDARD
NYANZA
The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) estimates that last year, about 700 girls in Kuria were circumcised.
In March 2020, when schools closed after the Covid-19 outbreak, Wankuru was a happy-go-lucky 13-year-old.
By March 2021, she was married and pregnant.
Wankuru, 14, is only married, and no longer in school, because in the Abakuria culture she is an adult; thanks to the practice of female circumcision.
“My mother wanted me to undergo Female Genital Mutilation. She said I was ready,” she says. “I wouldn’t have got married without the cut.”
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She underwent the rite of passage in October 2020. By December, she had attracted a suitor. Wankuru lost her father, the family’s breadwinner, to a short illness in 2016.
THE STANDARD
POLITICS
United Democratic Alliance Party Offices in Nairobi.[Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]
The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party linked to Deputy President William Ruto has stepped up efforts to infiltrate Opposition leader Raila Odinga’s Nyanza turf.
The party is planning an onslaught on Kisumu, Migori and Kisii voting blocs where Raila-led ODM party enjoys huge support.
This week, supporters of UDA unveiled an interim office for its grassroots mobilisation exercise in Kisumu and prepare for a visit by the DP once restrictions on political activities are lifted.
John Oddenyo has been appointed the interim chair while Luko Ouko is the county director. Claris Ogolla and Paul Achola will act as the secretary and treasurer, respectively.
FARMKENYA INITIATIVE
Crop
By Anne Atieno | February 16th 2021 at 12:00:00 GMT +0300
Sweet potato traders at Namba Junction in Suna West sub-county. [Caleb Kingwara, Standard]
Migori sweet potato farmers are set to benefit from a Sh110 million factory that seeks to ensure value addition.
The county s Agriculture department said the processing plant would increase sweet potato pricing from Sh8 to Sh15 a kilogramme.
The low price of sweet potatoes has negatively impacted farmers in Kuria where a 100kg bag goes for Sh1,600, while a 90kg bag costs Sh900, which is way below their costs of production.
“Our hope was dimmed but now we are confident that we will be getting some good income from sweet potatoes. The processing plant has come at a good time. We are looking forward to a new economic venture,” said Mary Mwita who abandoned tobacco farming for sweet potatoes.
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