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City sex workers feel the heat of anti-government demonstrations

Sex workers along Duruma Road in Nairobi. [David Njaaga, Standard]

Hundreds of women who earn a living through sex have claimed that the three days' anti-government protests that ended on Friday left them broke and hungry.

The worst day was on July 19 when transport in most parts of the country was paralysed as police engaged protesters in running battles.

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