Commercial sex workers have taken to the streets in Kenya in protests demanding for lubricants and condoms from their county governemnt.
”We as sex workers are here today to ask Machakos county government what it plans to do as we are the key pupolation in this county.
” We want to make sure that sex workers get lubricants, said one of the sex workers.’
Speaking to the media, one of the sex workers stated that she finds nothing wrong in their work because sex is also work.
”We say sex work is work because we pay for the house, it takes care of the children” he said.
The sex workers also made it known that their work adds to the tourism sector of the country, especially Machakos County.
”Many tourists come to Kenya because when they come there is everything, there is sex, what! There is nothing you will miss” he added.
The group leader also requested for adequate security for the sex workers.
”We want to know we are safe before we go out as prostitutes,” he demanded.