Sexual relationships between family members have become common in Dagoretti, assuming a semblance of normalcy that threatens the moral fibre of Kenyan society.Fathers are having consensual sex with their daughters.‘I can’t let my son continue suffering like this, I must do something as his mother,’ the woman is quoted as saying. If this woman really wanted to help her son, why didn’t she just go to the nearest pub and get a commercial sex worker?” ONESMUS: “Well, maybe she didn’t know where or how to talk to one.” Cases of fathers having sex with their own daughters in exchange for cash, property and jobs are very common in Dagoretti.However, the phenomenon of father – daughter sex is not unique to Dagoretti as many cases continue getting reported from across Kenya.
Unfortunately, he was single and living at home with his parents.Mwaura attributes the “sponsorship” mania to laziness among area residents.“People here don’t want to work; they would rather spend the day drinking.Some men are said to force their daughters into sex by threatening not to pay school fees.The hapless girl, eager to continue with her education succumbs to the demands and eventually, the relationship becomes a normal affair.