Three Judge bench reconvenes for hearing on FGM decriminalization
The hearing of a petition whereby a Kenyan doctor is seeking decriminalization of FGM was set to resume before a three-judge bench.
Doctor Tatu Kamau has argued that provisions of the prohibition of female genital mutilation act (2011) curtail the rights of women and girls to make independent decisions regarding their bodies.
She has petitioned the court to allow women aged 18 and above the discretion on FGM matters.
Justices Lydia Achode, Margaret Muigai and Kanyi Kimondo who comprise the bench hearing the matter were set to hear from Equality, a network of lawyers and activists championing efforts to bring an end to female genital mutilation and other harmful practices impeding the rights of women and girls.
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In her submissions when she appeared before the three judges in October, Kamau said the reference to “female circumcision” as mutilation was particularly malicious and was intended erode an age-old tradition that, “conferred honor to women.”
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