Alarm over increasing number of daytime sex workers
The number of daytime sex workers is growing in the country alarmingly, and even spreading across the border to Ethiopia, the National Syndemic Diseases Control Council (NSDCC) has said. Members of Parliament (MPs) also heard that in Nyeri and Nairobi counties, the rising number is among married women, who come to town as early as […]
Sex workers down tools to protest surge in femicide
Thousands of sex workers drawn from the Coast region have downed their tools in protest of increased cases of femicide in the country. Nkoko Injuu Africa Executive Director Maryline Laini said that members of her organization will not be offering sexual services to their clients in solidarity with the family of 20-year-old Rita Waeni who […]
Authorities raise alarm over boys being ‘cleansed’ through intercourse with sex workers
Claims that young boys undergoing a rite of passage are made to have sexual intercourse with paid commercial sex workers in some parts of Kiambu have raised concern among residents and administrators. The revelation came out during a sensitization forum held in Thika town organized by a local Non-Governmental Organization in collaboration with senior government […]
Mombasa: Sex worker charged with assaulting colleague for offering cheap rates
A sex worker has been charged with the offence of assaulting a colleague who was quoting low prices to clients seeking their services. The suspect Mariam Imodia, who appeared before Mombasa Senior principal magistrate Vincent Adet, pleaded guilty to charges of occasioning actual bodily harm to Gladys Ahela. The court heard that on the alleged […]
Mombasa sex workers decry condom shortage
Commercial sex workers drawn from Mombasa County are decrying the shortage of government-supplied condoms. The call girls now claim that for the past two months, they have not been receiving condoms and most public utilities have not been supplied with condoms hence putting their lives at risk. Nkoko Injuu Africa executive director Maryline Laini said […]
Mombasa sex workers decry dishonest M-Pesa reversals
Sex workers in Mombasa have now decried dishonest Mpesa reversals from customers after offering sexual services. According to the sex workers, the said clients have currently developed a trend of reversing money after receiving services. This, according to them has been highly fueled by the hike in prices of the services following the harsh economic […]
Mombasa sex workers hike prices over current economic hardship
Sex workers drawn from Mombasa County have called on their clients to dig deeper into their pockets, to enjoy their services due to the biting economic times being witnessed in the country. Nkoko Injuu Africa (an NGO that champions sex workers’ rights), through its outreach coordinator Lucy Kiragu, said that the skyrocketing prices of basic […]