Women in King’ero village, Kikuyu Sub-county have raised concern over a local pub that allegedly accommodates prostitutes to entertain men who come for a drinking spree at the joint. Lucy Wanjeri a resident said that the local pub accommodates prostitutes and a lodging that is located behind the pub to entertain men after they are drunk. She explained that the sex workers hang inside the pub and once men are drunk they lure them easily to their business. The resident expressed her anger saying that her husband has always complained of losing his money when he wakes up sober after a night of drinking. She added that iron sheet houses behind the pub were now used as the lodgings to engage in this crime. However she said that the sex workers not only get money via their work but also take advantage and steal from the men when they are drunk.
According to Alice Mwai a resident in the area said that the husband has in the recent past failed to provide to the family as a result of lacking money. She added that despite his drinking habits in the past he could provide for his family. She explained that the husband has also failed to give her conjugal right hence making her believe that he has been lured by the commercial sex workers. However the village elder Bernard Wamenju while speaking in his office said that complaints had reached his office and they were doing investigations in regard to the allegation. He explained that the pub has been closed down for the moment to allow investigations to take place. The village elder assured women in the area that the crime is going to be dealt with in accordance to the law.
He however urged the residents to let the law take its course in the matter and warned them of any mob justice that had been experienced in recent incidences in the area.