President William Ruto has warned Marsabit residents enabling and practising Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

Speaking during the Marsabit Lake Turkana Cultural Festival held in Loiyangalani on Saturday, November 25, 2023, Ruto affirmed that the government was strongly against the vice terming it a violent treatment.

“The practice of FGM must stop. It is against the law, unconstitutional and it is illegal in the country and no Kenyan should be subjected to the violent treatment of FGM,” he said.

“The greatest gender violence is FGM and early marriages.”

The President also fired a warning against the practice of early marriages in Marsabit County and said young girls should be left alone to get education to better their lives.

He added that women are the ones at the forefront of leading FGM and early marriages.