PROSTITUTES PAID FOR THEIR LOSS OF SOCIAL STANDING IN SOCIETY

Much will be written about the moral decadence of Mtwapa that its quite, impossible to visit the town without pre-conceived ideas. Teenage youthful school drop-out girl’s young men, medium age single mothers are in trouble, Since their hub of life is centered on prostitution. How? They offer their bodies for sexual intercourse in exchange for money.

Prostitution in Mtwapa is a profession and a source of livelihood to different groups of prostitutes called sex-workers. In particular during the day  its low key while generally at night  its at the  peak. Sometimes at night one may think it’s a formalized social institution in its own right.

Anyway, what is prostitution? According to oxford English dictionary, it’s a practice of prostituting one self with multiple partners for congress, it’s a consequence of social-economic psychological and biological aspects of life.

However, the overwhelming  obsession in Mtwapa to prostitution is facilitated by seven different types of prostitutes.

• bar prostitutes
• bar maid prostitutes
• street light prostitutes
• indoor prostitutes
• super rich prostitutes
• sugar daddy prostitutes
•  sugar mummy  prostitutes

Let us examine one after the other:-

Bar Prostitutes:-these are prostitutes who visit the bar from their respective residence  purposely to get a drink, a meal and some money from a male prostitute in exchange for money

Bar maid prostitutes:- these are some staff working within the bar  but discreetly prostitute themselves as sex workers to supplement their low salaries.

Street light prostitute:- are those who hang outside night spots for example bars  but mainly where they could get  illuminated by light. They normally  hang themselves in designated areas.

Indoor prostitutes:- these operate as sex workers from the comfort of their homes , male clientele would pay them visits for sex

Super rich prostitutes:- are well off prostitutes  who will venture out to have one for the road but at the back of their minds prey on rich male clientele, in most cases they are selective.

Sugar daddy (prostitutes:-these are older men who pay a teenage and youth school  drop outs.

Sugar mummy (prostitutes):-these are older women who are  well off but occasionally visit bars they normally keep gigolo’s who benefit from material remuneration and some money for  up.

Needless to say, all the groups crave for satisfaction one way or the other, sadly though most of the sex-workers are paid for loss of social standing in society. They change men with confusing regularity despite the prevalence of Hiv/Aids diseases

Their commitment to their “evil cancer” in society especially at night has earned them a tag  of “nocturnal predators.” prostitution is in Mtwapa to stay, Prostitutes have literally forfeited all rights to dignity and respect both to themselves and class as well as  within society at large.

Some prostitutes are opposed to the use of contraceptives hence have given men opportunity to plant a seed here and another there without thinking seriously of social consequences’ of sex liberalism.

A sight of a naïve foreign white man or woman engenders competion so, fortune, favours the brave. In their regard however anyone who  radiates warmth, charm and a sense of fun, captivates “mzungu”.....................to be continued....

                      Article by

francis barasa (freelance photo journalist based in Mtwapa)

Cell phone: 0710 102916 or 0736499082

Email: francis_snr@yahoo.com