By Mariama Marong The State on Wednesday opened its defence in the Supreme Court case challenging the constitutionality of The Gambia’s ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), calling its first witness to testify about the passage of the Women’s (Amendment) Bill, 2015. The witness, Agi Sainey Kah, a deputy legal officer for procedures at the National Assembly, told a panel of five Supreme Court judges that the bill underwent all the required leg…
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