Chepureto Lebul, a former "cutter" and member of the Pokot tribe, describes how she used to perform female genital mutilation on up to 50 girls at a time during the annual "cutting season" in April. FGM was outlawed in Uganda in 2010. Female genital mutilation (FGM) has been outlawed in Uganda since 2010, but aid workers and police say it's still being practiced by tribes in the northeast, including the Pokots, Sebei, Tepeth and Kadama.

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