Undercover men are marketing prostitutes in Kampala as Makerere University 'call girls. Sunday Monitor recently got reports of call girls flourishing in town. The paper decided to prove the authenticity of the reports. The big question we set out to find answers to was whether its true Makerere University Students engage in this rather extra curricular activity.
Call girls are sex traders who use telephones or cell-phones to link up with prospective clients. They don't need to stand on the streets at night. The chain begins with a physical contact who has their phone numbers and probably been linked to them for some time. Once hooked to the system, the client just calls his host. They then meet at an appointed rendezvous to negotiate the procedure and cost. Rumour has been circulating around town that MUK girls are engaged in this rather advanced prostitution.
They are said to be marketed by pimps in and out of Makerere. Sunday Monitor got linked up with one of the pimps, a Makerere University student Name withheld and placed an order for a girl. This student is just one of the many who are believed to be managing similar businesses around town. Rumour has it that a big short in government names withheld is also managing a racket of University girls for high level citizens in the country.
Other men involved in the business have reportedly identified themselves with the middle class people who pay between Shs 50,, for sex or erotic stripping. A girl said to be 'a cumpuser' was linked up with a client posted by Sunday Monitor at Hotel International in Muyenga, a Kampala suburb. About pm she presented herself. She was of chocolate brown complexion and lean but with a hip, enough to intensify the anxiety of her client.
She wore tight brown designer jeans and crudely heavy make up. Mistake number one. Makerere girls can do better than this, the investigator thought. The linkman, who accompanied her, identified himself as Joe. The girl claimed Joe was her classmate. She said she was doing Social Sciences. The girl identified herself as Ronnita. She said she expects to complete her first year in this December. Mistake number two. If you are conversant with the Semester system of Makerere, then you are following the investigation to the point.
