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City sex workers: Police ignore our cases, ask for sex when they arrest us

On a typical night in downtown Nairobi, skimpily-clad women lean on building walls or stand at street corners.

They whistle and catcall, promising to take men to heaven and back in the quickest time - at a fee. Most are battle-scarred veterans, with sob stories and the scars that come with the job.

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