The past 72 hours were historical for I Can Fly International. We received a distress call on Saturday night from a police station near the Tanzania border. Four girls ages 12- 14 years old and their parents were apprehended by local law enforcement officers while attempting to cross the Kenya border into Tanzania for a Female Genital Mutilation ceremony and child marriage arrangement. After the parents were arrested for the attempted crimes the girls were left abandoned at the police station. Unfortunately, the girls were forced to sleep in a jail cell without food for two nights.
Kenya is a country in Africa and a founding member of the East African Community. It has a hot climate due to its location. It lies directly on the equator, and is surrounded by Uganda to the South, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia to the north. The country’s official languages are Swahili and English.
Capital: Nairobi
Population: 48 million
Tribes: 43