A farmer’s wife in Gionseri, Kisii County, she bade her husband goodbye in the morning as he went to check on the family’s tea bonus from the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA). Given KTDA’s recent announcement that this year’s bonuses will be the highest in five years, a number of twilight girls have trooped to the two regions, ready to have a share from men who receive their windfall. Interestingly, the twilight girls who have descended into the two neighbouring counties appear to have migrated from Narok, where farmers have recently harvested wheat. Care Volunteers In Partnership — Kenya Chapter (Cavip-K), an organisation dedicated to improving the economic wellbeing of farmers, acknowledges there is a problem. “While some go for the twilight girls, others end up marrying several wives and having concubines, which impoverishes their families and exposes them to sexually transmitted infections,” Mr Nyamache says.

Source: Daily Nation October 22, 2016 21:11 UTC