Thika town has raised eyebrows after news emerged of rampant prostitution in the area.
Flesh peddling is a booming business in the town located in Kiambu county, where both young men and women, engage in it with careless abandon day and night.
In a viral video by Inooro TV seen by TUKO.co.ke, on Wednesday, May 9, shocking details emerged of how the young adults sell themselves to respectable men in the society, for even a mere KSh 100!
Majority of those who engage in the trade are students from local colleges and universities
According to the video, the largest number in the flourishing trade are students from various colleges in Thika.
"They come from different hostels. They go out at night and return in the morning where you find someone has a lot of cash and they take us to lunch, dinner," said a student who declined to be named.
Undoubtedly, the female students spoil things for seasoned commercial sex workers as they charge lower prices owing to the fact they don't have much responsibilities, and also their age which gives an advantage.
"Students are so many and they have damaged the price. They accept even as low as KSh 100 as they don't have much responsibilities,"
"Their age also gives them an upper hand as most clients prefer the young girls so you end up going home with nothing," lamented one of the twilight girls on condition of anonymity.
Most female and male students who engage in the trade do so because of poverty and for the mere quest for pleasure and entertainment.
The students, who are now being accused of aiding in spreading venereal diseases, are said to have mastered their craft so well that not even their parents, lecturers or their fellow students can suspect them.
"University and college students are coming here and are even causing the spread of diseases. This is because it's a child who doesn't have any problems. She or he is inexperienced, and depends on the parent for everything," said another commercial sex worker.
"We like knowing why someone has joined us in the trade. They tell us their challenges some saying it's lack of enough pocket money, poverty or the pressure to match up with their peers,"