Kenya

Prevalence varies greatly depending on the region – the (former) province with the highest prevalence is North Eastern (97.5% of women aged 15–49), and the province with the lowest is Western (0.8%).  Prevalence is more common among women who live in rural areas, at 25.9%, than among women who live in urban areas, at 13.8%.

FGM/C is practised across all ethnic groups and religions, although to varying degrees.  The highest prevalences are among Muslim women (51.1% of women aged 15–49) and the Somali (93.6%); the lowest prevalence according to religion is among Protestant/other Christians (17.9%), and the lowest according to ethnic group appears to be among the Luhya (0.4%) and Luo (0.2%), although the small numbers of women who had been cut in each of these sample groups may make the statistics unreliable.  According to a 2014 documentary, The Elite Also Cut (Kenya CitizenTV), there is a lack of comprehensive data on FGM/C among the Kuria, but prevalence is thought to be very high.

92.5% of women aged 15–49 and 88.8% of men in the same age-range believe that FGM/C should not be continued.