Cartel blamed for sex trade

  Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 00:00 -- BY CHARLES MGHENYI -

AN NGO that rehabilitates sex workers in Mombasa has said most of the women in the business are duped into it by cartels. Grace Odembo, an officer at Solidarity with Women in Distress, said many girls from upcountry are promised good deals in Mombasa but instead find themselves working in brothels.

Odembo said there are people who have specialised in the business and they have lured many young women from as far as central and western Kenya into the illegal sex trade.
She said some of the women arrested in Mombasa a month ago over prostitution still do not have an idea why they were arrested as they had just arrived that same night from outside the county.
“Some had just arrived in the apartment that same day when the were arrested. They were not aware what kind of business they were coming to do,” Odembo said.
“It is unfortunate that some were brought from as far as Bungoma, promised big deals in Mombasa only to find themselves in court accused of prostitution." Solwodi has rehabilitated more than 150 women since the beginning of the year
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