As a result of the hard economic times, husbands are now allowing their wives to engage in prostitution for money to survive.
Former employees of the defunct Karuturi Flower Company, Kenya have
expressed frustrations over unpaid gratuity dues. Female ex-workers say
economic hardship has driven them into prostitution.
The women argue that commercial s*x work is the only option they
are left with – and that their husbands are fully aware of their new
source of income. Maureen Akinyi, a mother of three and former worker at
the flower company, confirms majority of the women have resorted to
commercial s*x. With as little as Sh20, she reveals most of the women
are ready to compromise their dignity so as to put food on the table.
Akinyi says unlike other women, she feels the pinch of shame; hence
she cannot give her body to men in exchange of money. She divulges
teenage girls have also turned to the trade for money.
Akinyi’s sentiments were echoed by another ex-Karuturi worker
Elizabeth Achieng* who attributes the spread of HIV/AIDS to the laying
down of workers at the flower firm.
Achieng, a commercial s*x worker, says their husbands are
“considerate” of their woes and are willingly letting them join the
frowned upon trade.
“Sometimes we request our husbands to put food on the table.
Sadly, they are not able to do that. They, for that reason, give us
permission to look for ‘food’ elsewhere,” says Achieng.
Akinyi has urged both levels of government to intervene and salvage the difficult situation.
Karuturi flower farm located in the south of Lake Naivasha was
closed down after it went under receivership in May, 2016, rendering
close to 3,000 workers jobless. According to Elizabeth Odhiambo, a
community leader, majority of former workers are uncertain of their
future and are forced to resort to prostitution to make ends meet.
Ms Odhiambo said the workers were awaiting their terminal dues,
adding some of the flower farms in the lake side town have refused to
employ them. She says many of the ex-workers at Karuturi are going for
days without food.
Speaking on phone to eDaily, the farm’s shop steward Samson Ounda
said five people have died since the farm went down the pan. Mr Ounda
says other flower farms are turning them down, and that that their
unions have since neglected them.
Source: Edaily
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