Sodomy is real in Kisumu

They are usually dirty, they eat bad food, they wear torn clothes, and are usually smelly. We call them chokoraas, while foreigners call them streets children. We never want to associate with them in any way. When important people come to the country we carry them like bags of potatoes and hide them because they bring shame. How shameful of us to treat street children without dignity and respect. For Christ sake these young people are human beings. When they cry out loud we turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to them. No one knows what young male street children go through every single night. While you sleep in your king size bed, a young male street child is being sodomized by an older male street child.

On Friday evening, a young male street child (age 12) approached me near Tumaini shopping Centre in Kisumu. He looked weak and wasn’t walking properly. I could tell something was wrong. He borrowed 10 shillings so that he could go buy mandazis but I was reluctant at first. The young boy instantly broke into tears. I promised to give him 200 shillings if he told me what was bothering him and it is at that moment he decided to speak out.