'Our painful experience with STIs', Kenyans narrate

Some STIs cause burning pain in men and women's genitalia. [Courtesy]

Peter Salama* is still undergoing treatment for syphilis that he contracted in December 2022.

The 51-year-old resident of Kibra, Nairobi tells The Standard that he got infected with the sexually transmitted disease (STD) by his Homa Bay-based lover. Salama, a married man, had travelled to Homa Bay for Christmas festivities and to reunite with his wife, who lives in the county. During his brief stay there, he organised and met his lover at a hotel.