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Sex workers seek State recognition

PHOTO | FILE Sex workers demonstrate against harassment by police and city council askaris in Nairobi, on March 6, 2012.

By  Aggrey Mutambo

What you need to know:

  • A city council committee formed by the then Mayor George Aladwa to check on the feasibility of legalising prostitution returned a negative verdict
  • When Aswa presented its application for registration, it was turned down because it had the word ‘sex’ in it

Sex workers are pushing for recognition of their business in exchange for paying taxes.

The business is an untapped industry, an association of the workers said on Tuesday.

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