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Kibungo (Ngoma): At late hours of the night, the Town of Ngoma in the Kibungo sector, experiences a high increase in the price of condoms which is becoming rare. This exponential increase in price leads already drunk partners to practice unprotected sex, according to a young prostitute accustomed to nights out, but who remains anonymous.
“Often the manager of the bar takes advantage of customers subjugated by alcohol who ask him for a condom. At that time, the man who asks for a condom because he wants to sleep with his girlfriend is forced to pay two to three thousand Frw or even more for the condom. The bar manager raises the price because he knows that at such hours shops and pharmacies are closed, and customers will feel pressured to accept a high price. But most clients opt for unprotected sex instead of wasting their money. The result is a rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in the community,” confides the young prostitute.
While RBC is hosting a show and a theater game in the Cyasemakamba cell in the center of Ngoma to urge people to protect themselves against HIV/AIDS, journalists criss-crossed the town and the market interviewing people of all ages about their behavior in the face of HIV/AIDS. Unanimous, all confide that Ngoma is experiencing an increase in prostitution and unprotected sexual relations.
Three young people met at the market testify. Two of them have not yet had sex. They are ready to use the condom to protect themselves as soon as they embark on the adventure. Mathias Twizeyimana, 23, is in his 2nd year at IPRC Ngoma, construction section of this university. He sells vegetables at the market when he hasn’t gone to school. His concern is to study. He has general knowledge to protect himself against HIV/AIDS. But as with his colleagues in the market, they don’t know exactly what to do in the event of rape or unprotected sex. RBC is in Ngoma to enhance their knowledge, fortunately.
Divine Umuhoza, 21 years old, also finished her 6th year of secondary school and sells vegetables. She confides that she has her little darling and that she uses a condom to protect herself. But she informs that she knows other young people who do not use condoms. She says prostitution in Ngoma is on the rise, and without condoms.
Mother Tawusi Karikumutima, 44, mother of seven children agrees. She has already shown her 14-year-old daughter that the condom is a way to protect herself.
“It was unavoidable. Sex is inevitable in our hot and tempting environment. Every adolescent girl is at risk of early pregnancy and HIV/AIDS, as well as rape and unprotected sex. I dared to tell my daughter to inform me when she is the victim of one of these abuses. The only answer to keep him alive is to go to the Health Center and receive appropriate treatment,” says mother Tawusi.
But the big problem that also arises is that there are adults and mothers who lead their daughters and granddaughters into prostitution, as in a business.
“We are witnesses to it. A mother sleeps with boys who are the age of her children or her grandchildren. All because of new alcohols that are too strong. ‘ubuki’ in small bottles. We no longer control ourselves. Adult fathers also lead young girls into prostitution. We know the authors of moral degradation. The pity is that this kind of sexual intercourse is not protected. The proof is that a 17-year-old girl from this group wakes up the next day with a pregnancy. The local authority is doing its best to call for more discipline, but not everyone is cooperative,” underlines Rachid Hategekimana, in charge of security in the Cyasemakamba cell.
The president of prostitutes in Ngoma, Rosalie Uwababyeyi, says their association has over 730 professional public women in 14 sectors of Ngoma district. She judges their profession as a profession of shame, because they cannot do anything else to survive.
“Our children have grown up. Our neighbors view us with disrespect. I have already told my colleagues in the trade that we must try to live differently. Especially since some male clients no longer want to use condoms. Most prostitutes are ashamed to wear this label among other Rwandans,” she says.
Uwababyeyi adds that the district wants to support them in starting a business and giving up prostitution. So they hope to give up money from sex.
“The district supports 208 girls under 18 who have had teenage pregnancies and need help, as well as 622 other underage girls aged 18 to 19 who gave birth in their families. This makes a total of more than 830 underage girls who have had early pregnancies since July 2022. The people on the ARV regimen and monitored daily are more than 500”, specifies the Director of Health at the Ngoma district. , Marie Alice Dukuzimana.
For the case of prostitutes who sell their children as human trafficking, Dukuzimana retorts that the district is not aware of this case.
“We have partners in the district who raise awareness and distribute condoms in the community. We approach them so that the fight against HIV/AIDS has more impact. These partners should have put the district on such offenses as the law punishes”, she reports. (END)
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