More than 2,000 girls from the Pokot community in Tiaty subcounty, Baringo are currently undergoing FGM despite the government ban.
A reliable source told The Star on Wednesday that some the girls drawn from various wards are being attended to after undergoing the cut.
The source said traditional women circumcisers are normally paid at least two goats or Sh3,000 for each girl.
Girls, some below the age of 15, undergo the harmful right of passage between August and December every year.
"After graduating, the teenage girls below 15 years become grown up women and ready to get married to their men of choice,” the source added.
Circumcised girls are often married off after a suitor presents livestock as dowry. This often includes 50 goats, 30 cows and 10 camels.
"That is why the Pokot men should always make use of their guns to raid the neighbouring pastoral communities so that they get the livestock to settle their dowry," the source said.
While marking 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based violence, county commissioner Peter Okwanyo blamed FGM on illiteracy and lack of awareness.
"We are aware of a number of circumcised Pokot girls currently in the bush. Others have graduates, although no one has reported the vice," Okwanyo said on Thursday.
He asked security officials, chiefs and village elders to identify culprits and hand them over for prosecution, adding that ignorance is not an excuse to break the law.
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