More than 4,000 homosexuals in Kilifi County are infected with HIV, Health Executive Anisa Omar says.
Ms Omar says that figures show that one in four gays in the county have contracted the virus and the numbers continue to grow despite increased measures to prevent new infections.
The official says there are currently about 12,000 gays in Malindi town alone and the rate of infections among the LGBT community has reached alarming levels.
She adds that 19 percent of new infections were recorded among homosexuals aged between 16 and 25 years.
“We are issuing them with lubricants and condoms but most of them due to influence on drugs they continue to have unprotected sex and for our teenagers they just engage in raw sex oblivious of the consequences,” she says.
“As you are aware, that place was not meant for sex penetration but due to human nature to explore new areas, the area is sensitive and vulnerable to HIV infections,” she adds.
Overall, HIV prevalence in Kilifi county stands at 4.2 percent, meaning four people in 100 are infected.
“Kilifi County has a population of 1.4 million people and we have already tested 500,000 and our target is to reach 90 percent of the population in the next three months,” Omar notes.
Fauz Ibrahim, the County’s HIV & AIDS coordinator, says that prevalence among homosexuals stands at an alarming 18 per cent.
Mkristo @Imara Daima, tell…
Mkristo @Imara Daima, tell us how comes there are over 12,000 gays in Malindi. Is it because they copied dini ya kigeni?
Do you hear the crickets??…
Do you hear the crickets??
It’s cos @Imara Daima is not in the building. He’s in church speaking in tongues.. lugha ya kigeni.
Unprotected sex is pretty…
Unprotected sex is pretty risky for anybody engaging in sexual activities with a partner who has not been given “a clean bill of health”.
Irespecfully disagree with the accession that these homos are experimenting.Being gay,thats what they like…
Apparently the prevalent usage of drugs is what is fueling the increase in AIDS/HIV.So any group of people using drugs the risk is very high.
Drugs,sex,and “rock &rock”,lethal combo.Should not be mixed.
Dr
Ngai, at 4K gay in Kilifi…
Ngai, at 4K gay in Kilifi. Who is going to marry the young women there? Ati again this organization is giving them lubricants? Laughable!! Do they give lubricants to women who have hit a dry spell?
Kwanza acha MUHAHI wewe…
Kwanza acha MUHAHI wewe mucang’ang’a uniambie kama iko kitu muzuri kwa mwanamuke kama NDURUME a.k.a,KUMA.
@Kenya:
Ndugu yangu,…
@Kenya:
Ndugu yangu, usisahau ya kwamba kuna dini ya kigeni huko sehemu ya Kilifi inayoitwa Islamu. Waarabu wengi ni mashoga. Asilimia mia (100%) ya Waarabu ni waislamu. Dini ya mababu zangu haikuruhusu mwanamume kufanya urafiki wa ngono na mwanamume mwingine. Pia, mwanamke hakuruhusiwa kufanya mapenzi na mwanamke mwingine kabla wakristo na waisilamu kufika. Sasa, kuna mashoga chungu tele.
Tena, ni kweli zamani nilipokuwa kondoo mfuasi, nilikuwa “mkristo.” Wayahudi wanasema yeyote ambaye ni mfuasi wa dini ya Mwana Miriam/Mariam ni mtu ambaye hatumii akili yake. Nilipoondoka kwenye dini hii ya majambazi na matapeli, akili yangu iliamka. Kwa hiyo, mimi si mkristo tena ingawa nakumbuka mambo mengi ambayo nilisoma kwenye kitabu chao cha utapeli kinachoitwa “biblia” nilipokuwa nikipigwa msasa.