In Kenya, a country where 34 to 42% of the population is poor, according to the World Bank, prostitution becomes a rampant survival strategy, although illegal. Across the country, more than 200,000 workers operate in the sex business. Nairobi alone, have more than 40,000 sex workers.
Prostitution in Kenya is widespread.The legal situation is complex. Although prostitution is not criminalised by National law, municipal by-laws may prohibit it. (Nairobi banned all sex work in December 2017).It is illegal to profit from the prostitution of others, and to aid, abet, compel or incite prostitution.
Many foreign men and women take part in sex tourism, which is thriving at resorts along Kenya’s coast. Thousands of girls and boys are involved in casual child prostitution due to poverty in the region.
