In Kenya, child prostitutes having sex without condoms
CNN:
This time last year, Janet Kimani spent her days at school and her nights fighting with her little brothers over what to watch on the family's flickering TV set. Now, she sleeps all day and sells her skinny, 14-year-old body at night for $3 an hour. ...
Prostitution and sexual exploitation are on the rise in the wake of the violence, which killed more than 1,000 people, eviscerated the economy and forced tens of thousands of children to leave school, doctors and human rights groups say. ...
"We use condoms most of the time," said Milka Muthoni, 17, who was nearly finished with secondary school when she dropped out this year. "I know it's a risky business. At times I have gone to the hospital with injuries and venereal diseases. But I have no other options."
Milka, who also lives in Eldoret, said her parents kicked her out when they learned she was a prostitute.
But now, she says, "I have been shopping for them so they no longer ask me where I get the money from."
Government spokesman Alfred Mutua did not immediately return calls for comment Thursday. READ IT ALL
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