GEMA Women Demand Outlawing of 'Gwata Ndai' Sect After Forced Circumcision of Murang'a Woman
The Gikuyu, Embu, Meru Association (GEMA) Women Council of Elders has called for action over the rising cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Mount Kenya region.
The council, in a petition to Interior CS Fred Matiang'i, asked the government to deregister and outlaw a traditional group dubbed Gwata Ndai for promoting gender-based violence practices such as female circumcision within the family setups.
"We call upon all women and girls to resist these backward practices that hinder human development. All women including faith-based, business and civic groups must stand up and sacrifice to protect fellow women, daughters, and mothers from abuse and human rights violations,” the lobby group said.
"We call upon women at the grassroots to strongly reject FGM, seek help when they see signs of GBV and FGM in the home, call for help, and run away.”
Led by Kabura Kabea, June Waweru, and Hellen Kurutu the council further urged the judiciary to ensure perpetrators of such offenses are thoroughly punished.
The lobby strongly condemned an incident where a woman in Kandara, Murang’a County was forced to undergo the cut by her husband.
30-year-old Hellen Wangui last week painfully narrated how her husband colluded with his ‘friends’ to circumcise her by force.
Wangui said her husband of 12 years joined a secret Kikuyu sect a few months ago and was asked to perform a ritual where he slaughtered a sheep in the company of other members, after which he demanded that she and her two young daughters undergo female circumcision as the faith does not allow men to live with uncircumcised women in the same house.
Her husband ambushed her on the night of June 9th in the company of 30 other men where they stripped her naked and cut off her private parts in the cruelest way.
“He came with other men who caught me by the neck, stripped me then began pricking me with needles on my private parts. They used their nails, a knife to cut off my private parts,” Wangui recounted.
“They said they want to circumcise me so that I can become a ‘complete woman’ as per their practices.”
The mother of two sought treatment at Murang’a Level 5 Hospital after sustaining serious injuries on her genitals.
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What is Alice Wahome doing…
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What is Alice Wahome doing to eliminate this outlawed sect? Kandara is done bush place in the middle of no where!
Deal with these stupid fools without mercy! The women have the right to demand these guys to be killed because they ain’t worth much at all!
I know what you mean. I…
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In reply to What is Alice Wahome doing… by Subrina (not verified)
I know what you mean. I fantasise all the time of killing all mutilators of children (or of anyone against his or her will), including the SOB that circumcised me as an infant.
Eliminate this outlawed sect…
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In reply to What is Alice Wahome doing… by Subrina (not verified)
Eliminate this outlawed sect, huh. I guess might makes right.
What about sects that mutilate boys? Do we get to eliminate them, too, or do numbers grant Muslims and Jews special privileges to mutilate children?
https://www.facebook.com/Jews-Against-Circumcision-165424110207450/
https://www.facebook.com/IntactIslam/
This story need to stay on…
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This story need to stay on the front cover until something is done. These idiotic men must all be put in jail! You can violate a woman in this manner and get by with it.
The chief ought to be fired for condoning this type of behavior! He is a useless if you asked me and does not need to be in charge of any body in this locality!
I'll take you seriously when…
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In reply to This story need to stay on… by Gatheki (not verified)
I'll take you seriously when all mothers of the world stop consenting to their boys' circumcisions.
Get those foolish men ladies…
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Get those foolish men ladies! Get them! If you all need help call on us and we shall respond in kind! What kind of stupidity is this coming from Muranga!? Damn it! Shit!
Educated Kikuyus are the…
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In reply to Get those foolish men ladies… by Thumbi (not verified)
Educated Kikuyus are the people behind this FGM. Look at: Mumbi Seraki who claims she has a PhD from Nairobi university.
Mumbi Seraki has a YouTube channel advising Kikuyus and Africans to embrace black magic, voodoo and outdated practices like FGM and ancestral worship.
These are the people keeping…
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In reply to Educated Kikuyus are the… by Guesty (not verified)
These are the people keeping our country behind and rotten to the core! Her PhD means nothing because her little brains are rotten poisoned.
The men were probably all…
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In reply to Get those foolish men ladies… by Thumbi (not verified)
The men were probably all subjected to genital mutilation as children or adolescents. In a perverted culture that mutilates children, you're not gonna get much sympathy from that community.
The Right to an intact body and sexual autonomy is a universal Right that the international community must come together on.
This is a sleeping…
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This is a sleeping government how can they be walking free after skinning an innocent woman alive .All men should be on the road to demand arrest of these criminals who are taking Kikuyu and kenya backwards
All men, huh. Even the…
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In reply to This is a sleeping… by Kaswende (not verified)
All men, huh. Even the circumcised ones? Fat chance.
Only the universal acknowledgement of the Right to an intact body and sexual autonomy will reverse the atrocities of genital mutilation, for BOTH genders (all three, if you count hermaphrodites and other intersex children (see StopIGM.org)).
Don't expect that to start with the victims, themselves.
Facebookers, see: https://www.facebook.com/IntactKenya/
Why do these men insist on…
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Why do these men insist on FGM? Could it be for preventing straying wives or is it just for initiation purposes. I know a man is not a man until he has had the cut. So are they next going to come up with MGM as being against human rights. I see no problem as long as it is voluntary but forced initiation is not right.
Yes! Voluntary is the key…
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In reply to Why do these men insist on… by jasiri (not verified)
Yes! Voluntary is the key word, isn't it?
And the answer to your question is the Right to an intact body and sexual autonomy is for all, and you CANNOT effectively protect one gender while mutilating the other.
#IDidNotConsent!
bloodstainedmen.com/
It has become commonplace…
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It has become commonplace that every time there's an election beckoning, some criminal variant masquerading as champions of our custom emerge in Mt Kenya areas. Known more for appetite for savage extortion, the idiots have zero understanding of mores and etiquette of the people. Where did the miscreants learn that a man can circumcise a woman let alone his wife or mother? Gwata Ndai is causing so much pain in families and the people and must be stopped before it morph into an ogre.
Here in the U.S. mothers…
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In reply to It has become commonplace… by R Chutha (not verified)
Here in the U.S. mothers routinely have their boys (usually infants) circumcised to satisfy their own selfish sexual or aesthetic preference or so that their boys will fit in with the (stupid) crowd.
Solution: Universal respect for the Right to an intact body and sexual autonomy.
Do NOT expect progress until ALL are protected.
IntactAmerica.org
Gwata ndai is sponsored by…
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In reply to It has become commonplace… by R Chutha (not verified)
Gwata ndai is sponsored by DP Ruto’s uda party! Ruto want to get the kikuyus using other Kikuyus! Ask Alice Wohome why she is a member of gwata ndai. People need to wake up and understand how Ruto is plan to destroy communities in Central Kenya by using others with low IQ within!
It’s campaign time…
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It’s campaign time. Politicians won’t talk. All they want are votes. So, Alice Wahome will say nothing. They rely on these clandestine groups to create fear in people and earn votes. Can someone tell us if she got the cut herself?
Mumbi Seraki has been…
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In reply to It’s campaign time… by Joe Kamande (not verified)
Mumbi Seraki has been promoting this mentality on YouTube without Kikuyus saying anything.
She promotes black magic and ancestral worship.
Kikuyus have so many issues even education cannot save them.
Cutting healthy tissue of…
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Cutting healthy tissue of anyone's genitals without consent is assault. This includes boys and intersex children as well. There is no excuse to continue male genital mutilation or female genital mutilation.
We need to start accepting…
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We need to start accepting our ladies as EQUAL PARTNERS IN OUR LIVES, NO MATTER WHAT, OR HOW MUCH THEY MADE, AS MEN WE SHOULD NOT BE INTIMIDATED. OUR LADIES KNOW THAT THEY DO DOUBLE OF WHAT WE DO AS MEN, BUT THEY STILL RESPECT US AND LOVE US ,NO MATTER OF OUR INIQUITIES.
EQUAL PARTNERS, huh. Does…
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In reply to We need to start accepting… by Kora kanini (not verified)
EQUAL PARTNERS, huh.
Does that mean EVE4RYBODY gets mutilated, or does it mean that EVERYBODY is protected from circumcision and other genital mutilation?
DoctorsOpposingCircumcision.org
Wow, Saul has been converted…
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In reply to We need to start accepting… by Kora kanini (not verified)
Wow, Saul has been converted to Paul in his way to Damascus (maybe Nairobi) for that matter! Salvation surely comes at the least opportune moment! All your prior sins have now been forgiven!
“Gwata ndai” is not Embu or …
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“Gwata ndai” is not Embu or Meru.
Embu and Meru say “gutanwa”
Force genital mutilation on…
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Force genital mutilation on men ... crickets.
Force genital mutilation on women ... righteous indignation.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2715741/A-dozen-men-ambushed-s…
Don't ever expect the atrocity of FGM to end unless and until MGM does, as well.
#IDidNotConsent. www.DoctorsOpposingCircumcision.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_circumcision
Am one of the victim, my…
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Am one of the victim, my husband who is a learned fool, a university graduate wanted me to undergo FGM,when i refused he went away and took a woman and started living with her. This cult is bullshit and need to be addressed squarely by the Government. Ladies don't allow such backward practice. Stand firm and fight for your rights wisely.
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