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Sex workers using juju to lure city men

  • Men who opt for prostitutes with the perception that it’s a hassle-free, no-strings attached affair better than keeping a mistress better think twice.
  • Commercial sex workers have evolved and are now reportedly using juju to lure and retain customers, either as regulars or long term partners, The Nairobian has learnt.

In the cut-throat business enterprising ladies of the night will do anything to gain an edge. Apparently, they now visit witchdoctors to guarantee them a stream of clients, if not husbands.
“Beauty alone will not help. Beauty will attract a man, but the most important thing in this business is retaining a man. That’s why we employ any possible method to retain the men who come here,” says Martha (not her real), a sex worker based at Fameland Bar, along Sheikh Karume Road in downtown Nairobi.

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