Sex workers' paradise? Mlolongo’s loud Madharau Street goes silent

Mlolongo's Madharau Street has countless bars and is the home of prostitution.

The highway town of Mlolongo has a unique vibrant nightlife. And this has nothing to do with your ordinary weekend party out. Extreme as they come, this is an everyday 24-7 enjoyment spree on the fast-lane. Here, there is no sunrise, no sunset. All the Kamba music bands, most of whose songs are known for their vulgar and lewd lyrical innuendos, have made this their headquarters –over 15 of them. The streets are end-to-end bars; decent ones and filthy ones. From strippers to politicians, the rich and the poor merge here for enjoyment.

Here, there is a popular street christened Madharau, loosely translated in English as contempt. It is a dimly lit long stretch of countless bars where the cheapest alcohol brands are sold to filthy drunkards who flock the tiny rooms. They sit on broken plastic chairs and jerrycans; that is if you are lucky enough to get one. With Sh20, you get enough to ground you on the murky terrain.