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Extra mile Kenyan women go to attract white men

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So what’s with Kenyan women and foreigners! One may wonder. “I will never again date a Kenyan man! I am fed up with them! From cheating to lack of effort, being unromantic and their endemic complacency. I want to be cherished, to be loved, adored and treated like a queen. I swear thismonth I am going white,” my close friend Sasha ranted as we had coffee the other day.

She has developed a negative perception against Kenyan men and no longer goes on dates with them. And to ensure she attracts mzungus, she has adopted a different lifestyle. First, she wants to be skinnier and thus has joined a gym, this from someone who once claimed she was allergic to working out.

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