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Miss Kuurimah Umuhera Ibrahim is a former Integrated Development Studies student of University Development Studies who has released her latest song titled Why, a collaborative musical work with Noella Wiyaala that speaks against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) which has been in existence for years. In an exclusive interview with Flex newspaper, she said: �The motive behind the Female Genital Mutilation, according to our elders is that, they want to prevent a lady from jumping from one man to the other to preserve her virginity till she gets married. They think the clitoris is a dirt, so when they cut it, it becomes clean. They say it�s a religion but I don�t agree with them because no religion will make women suffer. Also they talk about culture but I believe it�s not culture but rather torture.� Kuurimah further recounted how as a young girl she went through the ordeal of female circumcision: �I was a week young when my clitoris was cut and I am now twenty five years old. My clitoris is gone forever is I speak to you. I never knew there was something like that so I lived life like any other lady but after I realized what they had taken from me, something that I can never get back, there has been sadness in me always that is why I have taken it upon myself to fight it because if we all keep mute, it will never stop. I don�t want any young girl to go through this pain.� She stated emphatically that she has gone through a lot but she doesn�t care if she dies out of her resolve to create awareness to weed out Female Genital Mutilation from our society. �People threaten me, attack me physically. Recently, petrol was poured on me and I was nearly burnt to death but I don�t care if I die through this. I want to fight for others so I am not scared with my decision. Besides, I am not alone but with God. She projected that in five years, this project must have yielded positive results and also suggested that those who cut girl�s clitoris in the guise of culture should be arrested.