An Ogiek Girl Dies!

A ogiek form three student of Cheptoroi secondary in Mau forest of Nakuru district aged 17 met her dead  in the process of undergoing Female circumcision commonly known as the rith of the passage or FGM. Her body is still lying at the Nakuru mortury waiting for burial.Three others hospitalised in Rift Valley provincial hospital ward 4 under tight security from police and the care of the nurses.

After the intervention of the police, close to ten parents were arrested and now held in Njoro police station waiting to be taken to court soon. The police attempt to arrest the two women circumcisers have yielded no fruit, as they are hiding in deeper part of the Mau forest in fear of the arrest.


OPDP has also learnt that approximately twenty two girls are also at large in the same forest as they were part of the group undergoing the right of passage.

Its has emaerghed that more than 95% of the girls had just cleared their primary school exams (KCPE) and they are expecting for their results nationally in two weeks time.

According to the witnesses, the father of the girl who died after bleeding too much, was against the will of his wife to allow the daughter undergo the initiation.Though is now part of the suspects arrested.

OPDP effort to campaign against this harmful practices have been hampered by traditions and financial constraints. Its now calling upon experts from various quarters to intervene in calling for the well wishers and donors to support this campaign so as to avert the practice. There is aneed of training the Ogiek community at large on alternative right of passage rather than the FGM.

OPDP intends to take back the girls to school after treatments, since the circumcision was made to prepare the girls for early marriage.