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Hakuna kazi! Nairobi hookers hit hard by COVID-19 curfew
Nairobi’s Duruma Road mirrors a typical street of any of the world’s most potent sin cities.
Packed outside doors of brothels are tens of prostitutes, braving the afternoon sun and bearing the scrutiny from tens of judging eyes.
They are going through a terrible patch, what with business at an unprecedented low and clients unbelievably few. The coronavirus pandemic has caught up with the hustle and bustle of downturn Nairobi, sucking the life out of a once lively area of East Africa’s chief business hub.
“There is literally no money,” says one of the women, looking distraught. “I have to walk half the way from my house in Kayole and take a bus along the way.”
This is because fares to Kayole, like for most satellite towns around Nairobi, have reached Sh250, which all but eats into her day’s proceeds, if she has had a good day. If the day has been as dry as today, she will have to walk home.
The asking prices for their services remain anything from Sh200, but people are unable to afford even that.
These women have families to feed and have rents to pay. With desperate times calling for desperate measures, you will offer them anything and they will gladly accept.
“Rents have not reduced, and this means that we have to come to town each day to work in order to make money to pay the landlords,” says the woman.
Used to operating in the evenings, it is a change from the norm for the women to be parading for customers in broad daylight all day long to eyes that admire but take not. They, like every other Kenyan, have a curfew to beat, and the time that usually marks beginning of business now signifies end of business. These are odd times, and they can feel it.
“We are being whipped off the streets every 5pm. That limits our time of operation to 10 hours of the day, most of which the people who would be visiting us are in the office.” But most of these people are home. This trade of the night thrives in zones that boast dingy drinking dungeons, with doors leading into dark brothels opening into narrow, poorly lit streets.
But now pubs are shut down and patrons are bidding their time away at home, missing their hangout joints as much as these women on the streets do.
Seemingly battered by the desperate situation that they are facing, the women have gotten hostile. Any passer-by that has the gait of a potential customer is not immune to unending catcalls, seductive words, a barrage of crude words or a grab of the arm in the middle of the day.
Lamu Senator Anwar Loitiptip and Saumu Mbuvi, daughter of former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko, have announced their separation following wrangles and disagreement.
The reports were fuelled by photos and videos of Senator Loitiptip hanging out with a female friend.
Saumu, on Instagram, announced that the two have separated, claiming that she has undergone domestic violence under Loitiptip.
“These are the things he did to me,” wrote Saumu, in one of her photos showing a swollen face and bruised lips.
“He almost killed me. I will forever fight for women to stand for their rights. Never allow a man to be violent to you.”
She also claimed that the senator had neglected their child, leaving Saumu as the primary caregiver.
Loitiptip told Kenyans.co.ke that Saumu shared her father’s traits and was suffering from bipolar disorder, threatening to expose her past to prove his claim.
The two have been dating for months and at one point planned to get married. However, Sonko’s daughter clarified that the two had split before officiating their union.
“Wedding date confirmed,” she captioned a picture of herself and the senator in June 2020.
Her previous relationship with businessman cum politician Ben Gatu also ended after she accused him of being violent.
The US government has revealed that there are significant cases of Covid-19 in Tanzania.
This is just a week after it advised its citizens against travelling to the East African country.
“The US Embassy is aware of a significant increase in the number of Covid-19 cases since January 2021,” the Embassy said.
In a Health alert, the US said the practice of Covid-19 mitigation and prevention measures remains limited.
The Tanzanian government has not released aggregate numbers on Covid-19 cases or deaths since April 2020.
“Healthcare facilities in Tanzania can become quickly overwhelmed in a healthcare crisis. Limited hospital capacity throughout Tanzania could result in life-threatening delays for emergency medical care,” US said.
The Department of State’s travel advisory level for Tanzania is Level 3.
The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says that travellers should avoid all travel to Tanzania.
The Embassy continues to recommend that all individuals take caution in day-to-day activities.
President John Magufuli assured the 58 million inhabitants that they need not worry about observing Covid-19 preventative measures.
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday made a surprising stop to lecture Nairobi residents after finishing his engagement at the National Cargo Deconsolidation Centre (NCDC-Nairobi).
The Head of State said he was angry at Nairobians for being against the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Bill stating that the report has given Nairobi more constituencies.
“If we have a BBI that says the people of Nairobi will have more constituencies and if it’s bursaries a child in Mathare who today receives Ksh500, how will that child study up to university level,” President Kenyatta said.
“But there is another child who gets Ksh100,000 in Busury per year is that right?… BBI is not for helping Raila or Uhuru it is for you,” he continued.
Uhuru went on to disclose that he has no plans to rule after his term is over and his interest is in finishing the job that Kenyans elected him to do.
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