Stop Mungiki, FIDA Appeals

Federation of Kenya Women Lawyers (Fida) Chairperson, Ms Martha Koome, yesterday urged police to stop the outlawed Mungiki sect members from carrying out their plan to circumcise women in Central Province by force.

Koome said the group was illegal and police should not condone its totally unacceptable activities.

She explained that the recently enacted Children Act provided for protection of children against any form of harassment and abuse and asked the police to execute the law to the full.

"Any attempt to force any child or woman for that matter into circumcision is a serious offence which should be met with the full force of the law," added Koome.

Koome was speaking to the East African Standard Kakamega office on phone. She was reacting to yesterday's press reports which indicated that members of the Mungiki sect had issued a three-month ultimatum to all women between 13 and 65 years who have not undergone circumcision to do so.