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 naked 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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