http://www.ntv.co.keWith Kenya just a year shy of its independence Golden Jubilee, a combination of underdevelopment and retrogressive cultural practices have literally confined entire populations to the era of ages gone by. In Samburu, an ancient shocking, even savage cultural practice remains a grave threat to the life of the girl child. And it all begins with what one may deem an innocent, beautiful beadwork around the age of a girl, normally below 13 YEARS. In the following feature filmed deep in the interior of the pastoralist Samburu community, NTV's Rose Wangui encounters a community in conflict with itself, a government that has long given up and the indifference of Morans who impregnate young girls and gleefully pass on the burden of crude abortions to submissive mothers desperate to save the face and when they can, lives. Here is Beads of Bondage with NTV'S Rose Wangui
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