The flesh-selling business has been and is still thriving in Kenya no matter how much it has been castigated. It has always been discouraged, its consequences unmasked and those involved in it bedamned all over. However, various characters still conduct this business for their reasons. In our country, girls subjected to poverty at a tender age are the main victims of this act. However, we still find a few from well-up backgrounds who just find themselves into it mostly due to greed for easy-come gains. Moreover, we also have male prostitutes. These take the forms of gays and gigolos.
The booming trade in sex takes various forms in Kenya. Tourism sex is the most popular and it goes on with Kenya tourism's full knowledge. The sector fears losing the hundreds of thousands of tourists who come to Kenya thus allow it to continue despite the ruin it does to our young Kenyans. Kenyan cities especially Nairobi are the leading centers of the flesh-selling business. In Nairobi, we have around 13675 female sex workers operating along red light streets as well as prestigious pubs and restaurants. K. Street is mainly recognized for this. Many whores have moved to hover around Westlands road areas as well as Moi Avenue, simmers of Kenyatta Avenue, club barrels, Sabina joy, etc. These prostitutes charge as low as around Ksh. 250 per round and Ksh. 800 per night.
Currently we have commercial sex targeting boys. Despite the fact that homosexuality is largely considered a taboo and repugnant to the culture and morality of Kenya, there are many male sex workers in Nairobi especially along Kirinyaga road and in pubs around the area. We have around 4000 male flesh sellers around Nairobi selling at around 10000 per night without protection and 5000 per night with protection. The same has been trending along the coast where tourists go for young boys to serve them from which they earn a living.
These days, prostitution has become much of on line enterprise. The Kenyan blog sphere has just recently been graced by digital prostitution. For instance, we have Nairobi xxx, Nairobi raha, Nairobi call girls and Kenya raha which are used to market flesh sellers. Global adult content has been growing day by day and Kenya has jumped on the bandwagon. Escorts advertise on personal websites like face book and Instagram and hook up on social sites and later on end up meeting the interested clients.
Looking at the consequences of the flesh selling trade, we have denial of rights which the victims of prostitution are subject to. For instance, everyone has right to protection from sexual abuse. However, circumstances has led to many families in Kenya allowing their children to get into prostitution at a very tender age in order to get money as it is such a profitable activity. These young children, lose their rights at a young age and as they grow older they are denied rights to develop at a natural pace. Harlots in Kenya involve themselves in a risky lottery with infections like H.I.V and other STIs. This is because some clients stubbornly denounce use of protection. Bruises and fractured bones too are some of risks involved and consequently interference with excretory system where the tip of digestive system loosens and then the victim is unable to hold their stool which necessitates use of pampers.
