Gender-based violence activists in Tana River have kicked off an exercise to draft a petition to compel chiefs and their assistants to undergo an anti-FGM suitability test.
The petition to the Cabinet Secretary (CS) of Internal Security Dr Fred Matiangi and the National Assembly Committee for Gender, seeks to root out provincial administrators who have silently been aiding the cut.
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