The Cabinet Secretary for Public Service and Gender Prof. Margaret Kobia today welcomed the incoming Principal Secretary for the State Department for Gender Prof. Colleta Suda and bid farewell to the outgoing Principal Secretary Hon. Safina Kwekwe Tsungu, who now moves over to the State Department for Tourism. The CS wished the two leaders success in their […]
The International Day for Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation was marked on 6th February with calls to the youth to get immersed in the campaigns to end Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya. Speaking at the Police grounds in Isiolo town, which hosted the event, Chief Administrative Secretary Hon. Rachel Shebesh who was the Chief Guest, said[…]
The annual International Day of the Girl Child (IDG), 2019 commemorations kicked off in Galole, Tana River County attracting hundreds of residents, guests and other stakeholders. The event under the theme “GirlForce: Unscripted and Unstoppable,” was presided over by the Principal Secretary for Gender Hon. Safina Kwekwe at the Gafuru Primary School grounds and acted as a[…]
The incoming Principal Secretary for Gender Prof. Colleta Suda accompanied by the Secretary-Gender Faith Kasiva visited THE Anti FGM Board offices to meet staff and an update on the status on the status of FGM in Kenya. The PS commended the Board for its efforts in the campaigns to end FGM in Kenya and called for concerted[…]
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FebIslam does not support female genital mutilation (FGM) since the practice is inhumane and violates the rights of women and girls. While addressing the media in Nairobi on the position of Islam with regard to FGM, Kenya’s Muslim scholars led by deputy Chief Kadhi Sheikh Rashid Ali Omar said there was no element in Islamic law that[…]