I want my sex toys back - university professor

A university professor claims the Postal Corporation has confiscated a sex toy she imported for personal use.

The widow who lectures at a top private university says she has been lonely since her husband died and could not sleep with other men.

“I want to be intimate, but I need to do it with the right person. I can’t just sleep with any man because I feel like I want sex. I am a grown woman who can’t at this age be sleeping around,” says the prof, who didn’t want to be identified.

She says she shared her predicament with her sister who lives in France and bought her a sex toy that was shipped through the postal corporation.

Her sister, in an e-mail to The Nairobian confirmed buying the purple sex toy called ‘Lelo Soraya’ for which the Postal Corporation charged Sh175.

According to Law Society of Kenya programme officer, Harold Ayodo, there is no law in Kenya that prohibits the sale, distribution or circulation of sex toys. He added that even in the Sexual Offence Act, there is nothing that touches on the sale of sex toys.

“The law is silent on the issue of sex toys. The aggrieved lady should go to court and the courts might compel the Postal Corporation to release the sex toy since there is no law that governs the sale of sex toys. But the law also states that there should be caution on the mode of display and selling to avoid the disturbance of public peace and breach of public morality,” says Ayodo.

The university don argues that women have a right to decide how to satisfy their needs “and society shouldn’t dictate ways in which a woman should placate her desires.”

Kenya Postal Corporation courier services director, Elizabeth Mwaura said, “I have confirmed with KRA that such parcels are prohibited into the country.” She added that Postal Corporation employees aren’t allowed to open parcels.

“The parcel was handled by KRA agents, and they are the ones who determined that it is prohibited in the country.”