I was shocked after I decided to take a late night walk in Kisii town

It is 1a.m in Kisii town. The booming music from Club Havana would make one think the night has just started. There is a man seated by the entrance selling cigarettes, chewing gum, packets of condom among other things. There are three girls standing nearby. They would pass as ordinary party goers. Two of them are partially hidden. One who is brightly dressed in a yellow ‘college’ jacket and a striped short skirt stands by the light exposing a set of very light skinned thighs that are a near yellow.

Further down the street is slightly dark with poor illumination. The main source of light comes from the security lights atop Aga Khan Hospital gate just across the street.This street stands in stark contrast to a nearby one that boasts of an array of street lights and a collection of neon signs and disco lights illuminating the line of discotheques with blaring speakers facing the tarmac below. Most of the speakers are suspended along rails facing the main road. A number of street boys are vigorously dancing to the ‘free’ music as a bevy of girls throng the streets adorned in different clothes of shiny colors.As you turn left at the end of the street, you are met with a completely different scenario. The road is generally deserted but on closer scrutiny you realize a number of scantily dressed women and girls strategically positioned along the corridors outside closed shops. Some are seated on makeshift seats. Some men walk about shyly with twisted necks in the direction of the ladies. It then strikes you that these are not your ordinary gate keepers. They are call girls. The men are possible clients looking for female company. If the girls beckon you and you assume them, you are escorted with ready insults. They mean business.