Wau County Commissioner Shuts Down Prostitution Brothels The Western Bahr el Ghazal State capital Wau has reported a high number of commercial sex workers hence increasing the number of prostitution brothels. This prompted the Commissioner of Wau Mr. Angelo Taban to close down a number of hotels.13 October 2011 Some of the Ugandan commercial sex workers at the Green house hotel in Wau [©Gurtong]By James Deng Dimo WAU, 13th October 2011 [Gurtong] – The Western Bahr el Ghazal State capital Wau has reported a high number of commercial sex workers hence increasing the number of prostitution brothels. This prompted the Commissioner of Wau Mr. Angelo Taban to close down a number of hotels.
Some locally hidden brothels at Daraja residential area of Wau town like in Buganda Pub and Green house in Hai Namir-tilata and some local drinking joints in the County have been shut down by the County commissioner. Most of these commercial sex workers are alleged to be foreigners from Uganda, Kenyan, Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Tanzania, and Rwanda On June 2011 Commissioner Taban ordered the closedown of the above named pubs in his County following a security resolution on commercial sex workers. He described prostitution in Wau as a crime that would tarnish the County’s name. Security personnel have so far closed 32 such bars and hotels. Before the ban was lifted, some bars had 23 staff members out of which 3 were regular staffs and 20 were commercial sex workers. South Sudanese girls and women have also adopted the trade as well as Sudanese ladies who decided to move to South Sudan due to the Islamic law prohibiting sexual immorality in the North. Commercial sex workers from Sudan complained that life in Khartoum as a girl is shabby. Posted in: Home CommentsThere are currently no comments, be the first to post one. Add CommentLog in to post a comment. If you are not a Gurtong member yet, register here. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
