Meru’s KK market is allegedly under siege from prostitutes and illicit brewers.
This has in turn forced pastors and non-governmental organisation officials to turn to prayers to ward off them off.
Women dressed in revealing clothes have stormed the market pursuing miraa traders because of the money they make from their businesses.
Less than a month ago, a man was found dead in a lodging at the shopping centre where he allegedly gone after a drinking spree with a prostitute.
The man’s private parts were chopped off and he could have lost Sh100,000 he had from selling miraa.
Children from the area have also dropped out of school to pursue miraa money and a pastor quoted by Nairobi News said young girls are loitering in the market to cash in.
He expressed fears that the moral decay in the county will lead to increased HIV cases and other related deaths.