No, I haven’t intentionally deleted about five of my previous posts. I trusted some self proclaimed webdesign guru to spruce up the blog and automate some processes like downloading content. The result was some lost posts and pages. The guru…
Category: sue maisha’s diary
Sue Maisha is a Nairobi prostitute who chronicled her experience as a ‘girl of the night’ in the streets of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. Here is her diary as a blog.
Questions Answered
Some quick answers: 1. Are there some ladies who specialise in BDSM? – Strangeman I wouldn’t actually call it specialisation. It’s more like being open and ready for it. You see, the street is not like a typical brothel or…
Episode 60: And So the Mayor Said..
Rarely does news of any kind flow to the street in its purest form. No matter the topic of interest there is bound to be some distortion both by the optimists and pessimists. Facts are often thrown to the bin…
Questions Answered
For the last one week or so, I have been in some village working, talking to women about finances. Never mind how I got the job considering my experience. In terms of ‘creating change’ and ‘making an impact’ the job…
Up Nairobi: Can Sue Keep Her New Year’s Resolutions?
Well, it’s said what goes around comes around. And it has been the same with me. After the regrettable (yes, the guilt caught up with me) act of stealing from a client, I was arrested for something completely different and…
Questions Answered
Oops! I have let the questions accumulate without answering for so long. Some have been overtaken by events. But here I answer the one batch. I will try to answer all of them by the end of the month, with…
Episode 59: I Can See The End
This is one of my last posts. I will be wrapping the blog sometime in February. Well , I have decided to leave the Street in the coming month. I have become a little weary, and as much as I…
Episode 58: Goodbye Guilt
I bet I am starting to sound like a broken record; once more, I talk of quitting. This has nothing to do with the many emails and comments I have been receiving to the effect of late. Those I will…
Episode 57: January Mind Games
The stereotype of a Street prostitute is that of a birdbrain, a girl dull enough all she could think of to earn a living was open her legs and lower herself to the bottom of society. Over time I have…
Episode 56: And Now The Men Who Can’t Quit
It has been said that prostitution is a victimless crime. That a girl-man transaction being a gentleman’s agreement of sorts, neither of them is really a victim. But moralists will tend to differ. To them, prostitution should not judged in…