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Sophisticated and classy: Meet the new female pimps in Nairobi town

I was contemplating what to tackle this week when aWhatsApp beeped. It was a message from someone we’ll call Wendy, whom I have not seen around since 2011, when she was 30.

‘Wendy,’ I texted, wondering where she’d gotten my number ‘kwani ulifungwa massage parlor?’ As it turns out, Wendy is actually running a brothel full of whores in some rented apartment.

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