Dryspell: Desperate, broke commercial sex workers now selling on credit

Call girls wait for customers in Nairobi's city centre. [PHOTO: JAMES MWANGI]

Commercial sex workers are offering sex on credit due to the current tough economic times. The workers said that hard times are now forcing men to "borrow" with a promise to pay later. The ladies said they have now been forced to offer sex on credit to keep loyal customers, whom they fear might consider other options if denied.
Ann*, a Ugandan who operates in Kilimani, Nairobi, says the tough times have pushed away many customers she had, and they are now reorganising their business to remain afloat.

Calling her loyal customers, who claim that they don't have money and would prefer to have sex and pay later, has become a norm in the city. The sex worker believes that money should not make her lose her loyal customers who might "starve".
"Just like we are doing badly, our customers are doing badly, and most have been calling us because they don't have money. Some pay and others struggle or refuse to pay," Ann says.