For a woman of the night who operates in the 24-hour booming
economy that is Mtwapa, the sight of a foreigner is always inviting,
since most are said not to be as tight-fisted as the locals.
And if the foreigner has a car, his premium rises because the hustles
of getting into a matatu early in the morning or in the middle of the
day are eliminated. Besides, they pay lavishly, including taxi fare, and
are not unknown to throw in a decent meal and drinks. Even better is
that they could fall in love and sweeten the deal with a wedding ring.
But for one s*x worker, the foreigner she met turned out be more than
she had bargained for, causing her to flee from lady luck in her
birthday suit.
The night had been ‘dry’ for her so the pick-up had taken place past
6am, meaning that their entrance into the hotel was noticed by the
workers streaming in for their daytime shift and those leaving. Being
the norm at these hotels, no one paid much attention to her skimpy
dress, understanding that for her, it was just another day at the
office.
“About 15 minutes after their entrance, we heard a woman screaming
from somewhere inside the building,” said a front-desk attendant at the
hotel.
But before they could act, a unclad woman bolted down the stairs and
sprinted past the reception screaming, her clothes and shoes in her
hands. She did not stop running until she was outside the hotel
compound.
“Then a white man came out in his underwear, stood at the reception,
looked at the running woman and burst into loud laughter,” said the
attendant, who had checked-in the tourist the day before. In response to
the curious glances from hotel staff, other guests and a few beach boys
who were around, he said, ‘But I had not even started’,” the attendant
conferred.
Meanwhile, the woman was in pains to explain what had transpired back
in that expensive room to taxi operators outside the hotel. A small
crowd had also gathered out of the blue, with the journalistic oriented
amongst them using their mobile phones to capture the image for
posterity.
“I have been in this business for more than ten years but I have
never encountered what I saw inside that room. That man is too ‘big’ for
life!” she said amid gasps of air.
“If I had not run away, I would have been dead within minutes or
required stitches to repair the damage. That white men is no joke” she
offered as the crowd went wild with laughter.
She, however, had no intention of refunding the tourist, saying she
needed to be compensated for ‘shock’. “I readily agreed to his offer. I
got into his car and we headed for a nice hotel, ” said the visibly
distraught woman to the tuk-tuk operators who offered her comfort after
her ordeal.
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