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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