• The minor is a student at a girl's high school in Nakuru.
• In Kenya, around four million, or one in five women and girls, have been subjected to FGM.
The DCI has rescued a Form two girl who was about to undergo Female Genital Mutilation in Sirasa, Narok county.
In a statement on Thursday, DCI boss George Kinoti said the minor learnt of plans by her parents to subject her to the outlawed act and alerted her school head girl in Kiambu via a phone call.
Kinoti said the head girl then informed the police.
"Immediately, the head girl called our detectives through the #FichuakwaDCI anonymous hotline 0800 722 203 and a team was dispatched to Narok, for the minor’s rescue," DCI said.
The minor is a student at a girl's high school in Nakuru.
Police arrested her parents and taken the girl to a safe house.
Kinoti thanked the head girl for aiding the rescue of her school mate from the retrogressive act.
FGM cases have recently been on the rise despite the act being illegal.
Kenya has a plan in place to end FGM by 2022.
President Uhuru Kenyatta on November 2019, promised to end the practice by 2022, a goal women’s rights campaigners said was unrealistic due to insecurity and high prevalence rates in some parts of the country.
In Kenya, around four million, or one in five women and girls, have been subjected to FGM.
In northeastern communities, the prevalence rises to as high as 94 per cent, the UN Population Fund says.
A study suggests that Nyumba Kumi should be used as a tool to combat female genital mutilation.