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Original Post Date: 2009-05-01 Time: 10:00:03 Posted By: Jan
By Paul Ohia With Agency Report
Lagos – Irked by the recent constitutional crises that arose among the coalition government partners in Kenya, women in the country have decided to deny men sex for seven days.
Yesterday, thousands of the women vowed to begin a week-long sex strike to protest their country’s bickering leadership, which they say threatens to revive the bloody chaos of last year.
Leaders from Kenya’s largest and oldest group dedicated to women’s rights, the Women’s Development Organisation, said they hoped the boycott would persuade men to pressure government to make peace.
The women have also called on the wives of President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga to abstain from sex
“We are asking even sex workers to join the cause, even if we have to pay them ourselves,” said Patricia Nyaundi, executive director of the Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya.
Odinga’s wife, Ida, told CNN yesterday that she supports the campaign “100 percent.”
“I will not get into what my husband thinks,” she said, chuckling, “but I will say leaders need to focus on the things that affect our people, and I hope the publicity from this campaign will raise awareness on those issues. “
The campaign has sparked debate in a conservative nation where discussing sex in public is typically taboo.
“This will accomplish nothing other than embarrass us,” said Martin Kamau, a resident of Nakuru, a major city northwest of the capital. “We are being punished, and yet we are not the ones causing the problems.”
Kamau plans to plead his case with his wife. “Seven days is just too much,” he said.
Others were not so worried. “Seven days is nothing,” one man told KTN, a Nairobi television station. “I can wait a year.”
People in Kenya have become increasingly frustrated by a shaky coalition government formed in the wake of the post-election violence that killed more than 1,000 people in 2008. Relations between Kibaki and Odinga have become frosty, sparking fears of more violence.
“We cannot allow our leaders to argue over non-issues while relegating the issues that affect this country to the back burner. When this happens, women suffer the most,” said Ann Njogu, director of Centers for Rights Education and Awareness, which describes itself as a non-partisan organization that “seeks to empower the society on women’s human rights.”
A government official decried the campaign, saying Kibaki has always been committed to reform.
“We are trying, coalitions all over the world have issues and so do we,” said Francis Mwaka, head of the government’s communications office. “We have always been focused on addressing problems even before this boycott.”
In addition to targeting politicians, activists say the campaign aims to draw spouses into the conversation and nudge them into demanding change.
“Major decisions are made during pillow talk,” Nyaundi said. “We have to make the ultimate sacrifice for the good of this country.”
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Original date published: 1 May 2009
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/200905010034.html?viewall=1