Prostitution has gone on another level. Today, Kireka is one of the most happening suburbs in the country. People don’t sleep. Kireka has nice restaurants like KFC and Chicken Tonight. This has attracted different Kinds of people. On a Friday evening, that’s when you realise Kireka has grown. Expensive bars with different discounts on beer. Every week, different artists flock the Kireka bars.
School girls from nearby schools have taken over
Kireka is surrounded by schools that provide affordable education. Middle-income earners now live in Kireka and those that can’t afford education also are in Kireka. Some girls have resorted to selling their bodies in daylight. These girls are normally in bars Kireka during the middle of the term. These claim they are looking for school fees. Instead of going back home, they hook up men selling sand in Kireka for quick money.
At night, young looking girls line up on the street that houses Mwebale supermarket. This school going girls are always shy when light points at them and when they are bargaining fast sex, they will tell you to rush because she has to go home early.
Girls leave home between 8 pm and 11 pm- Witness confessing
In a brief interview with a shop attendant who has lived around Kireka for more than 6 years, confessed that these girls have a special time when they do their business. He said” I know some of these girls and the school they attend. If you want to prove; come to Pool Nest bar past midnight, you won’t see any. Some of those girls, their mothers work until late in the area and they use this time to hook men.
We failed to contain them- police
Police in Kireka says that they have done their part. We have arrested these girls. But their parents come crying and pick them. Secondly, we can’t keep identifying them without public help. These girls cover their heads as you might think they are adults. But we shall keep monitoring as we plan a way forward.
