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Sex workers in Thika town and its environs on met area security agents on Wednesday and discussed how they can work together to prevent crime.
The commercial sex workers met the deputy Administration Police boss for Thika Town Constituency Dismus Kimathi and identified means they can work together to reduce crime.
The sex workers' spokesperson Barrack Ondiek said the meeting was meant to create a working agreement between the police and the sex workers with the aim of beefing up security in the area and getting assurances from the police that sex workers would not be harassed.
“We will assist the police identify criminals on condition we will not be harassed by the cops,” he said.
The sex workers had gathered under Wapate Initiative, an organisation that reforms prostitutes and gives them an alternative means of earning a living.
- The STAR