The story of one Jane Watiri will give you hope in case things have been going against your wish.
Jane was a nice school going and hardworking lass but when adolescence hit her, things changed.
Towards the end of her education at Naivasha Primary School, her life took a wrong turn. She got into bad company and refused to join secondary school.
I had some friends who would take me out to clubs and reggae nights when I was 14
The teenager then sunk into a life of clubbing and alcoholism as her mother watched helplessly. When she was 16, Watiri was arrested, charged with loitering and jailed at Lang’ata Women’s Prison for a month.
Just after her release, she met a young man, fell in love, got pregnant and got married. He then left her for a married man later on, with the child, no job just a young girl yet to start life.
At this point, Jane is full of hatred and depressed at what life has to offer. She had no love for men anymore and she needed money. She sought to start working as a sex worker because it was easy money and she would be revenging her hatred towards men.
She started the job at the famous Koinange street and earned close to Sh20,000 a night. In her own words, she was a “destroyer,” driven by vengeance against men.
“I wanted to hurt men the way the father of my child did to me. Bitterness and unforgiveness can really destroy your life”.
Jane added:
“I was not the average prostitute,” she says, adding, “I was quite dangerous. I used to steal from my clients. I would carry everything; clothes, shoes, phones, keys and even wedding rings which I sold for Sh3,000 in Eastleigh. I used to really mess up ,” those men.
