Reuben Olita
27 May 2009
Kampala — KENYAN men moved a notch higher yesterday with the announcement that they had started a 30-day sex boycott to protest against abuse of their rights by women.
Maendeleo ya Wanaume (Men's Organisation) Bungoma branch chairperson in Western Kenya, Eric Wambasi, said he had already secured signatures of over 250 members who were due to start the exercise last night.
He said more people are expected to endorse the countrywide boycott.
Wambasi said the move was in protest against the recent action by the G-10 women's movement that forced women to go on a one-week sex boycott owing to the slow pace of reforms by the coalition government and rampant corruption in the country.
Last month, thousands of Kenyan women including Ida Odinga, wife of prime minister Raila Odinga, called for the week-long sex boycott.
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we should forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.sex was never meant to be a weapon in the first place.secondly,reacting to the action of a few disgruntled women is so sad to say the least.
Surely, how will the boycott stop corruption ? You have lost direction. just change partners and stop blaming politicins.
Gilo Botswana
This is a pointer to the level in which our society has degenerated. God created sex for reproduction and not a weapon. Anything short of this is against the will of God. If i may ask, what is this boycott intended to achieve? Kenyans should tackle the real issues facing their lives and avoid diversionary tactics. If your wife is beating you why should i deny mine her conjugal rights? As president Kibaki says, Hii ni ubumbavu kabisa!