Details of Kenyans' deaths kept quiet; investigation will look at "victims' culture and their ties overseas." ane Kuria fled her native Kenya in 2001 because she feared her daughters would have to undergo female circumcision, her lawyer said Thursday."Her fear was of the horrific practice of female genital mutilation and it happening to her daughters," said Charles H. Kuck, an Atlanta immigration attorney. She had applied for asylum in the United States, but recently was denied. Kuck was handling her appeal. Hearings for her two daughters' asylum cases were scheduled for Aug. 29.