She flashes a friendly glance, brushes an imaginary strand of hair off her face and, without hesitation, says, “I am third year student at UoN (University of Nairobi). My man is taking me for a weekend date.”
“Oh, how nice. Is he here already?” I keep the conversation going.
To my shock, howver, she points at
an old man in the next queue, a popular politician accompanied by a woman who looks like his wife.
She is the side-dish and unknown to the loyal woman by the politician’s side, Maureen is on the flight courtesy, of her husband. A separate airport pick-up and hotel accommodation booking have been arranged by aides and she is headed to secretly spice up mheshimiwa’s weekend. Stunned, my mouth goes ajar as she narrates to me how the two have been touring the world together during the politician’s supposed business trips. She is his clandestine lover. She does not give a hoot that this is a married man, and has no remorse for the poor woman her mother’s age with whom she is brazenly competing for ‘love’.
Unknown to many, the average university girl no longer has time dating the young guy in her class. A new phenomenon is now blazing across institutions of higher learning. Under 21s prefer to hook up with top CEOs, politicians, businessmen and anyone else in the public eye willing to bankroll their lives and make their lofty dreams cross from fantasy into reality. And the men have their fat wallets out for a little passionate presence and sex — assuming the potbelly doesn’t get in the way. It’s all but yours for the asking.
Even though it is not a new thing for young girls find themselves falling helplessly for the money and power magnets of the ‘big bellied’ man at 50, the game has just gone to a new level. The college girl has changed her student face. She neither rides in PSV cars nor resides in students’ hostels. She is rolling in the newest car in town and living in the leafy suburbs of Nairobi, thanks to that rich married man (who could be your father).
Studies aside, the university girl has packaged herself as an intelligent outgoing damsel. She also masquerades as a part-time employee when she doesn’t have classes, a disguise she can use to justify her larger-than-life lifestyle should unsuspecting parents or curious friends raise eyebrows about her seemingly bottomless sources.
21-year-old Ivy, a student from a leading public university opens up to Pulse, admitting that she would never date a guy below 40 as he would not have the maturity, brains and money to match her personal, social and financial demands.
“University guys are broke rats. They have nothing to offer a girl of my stature. They don’t even know how to treat a lady. Why should I date a hustler who can’t sort my issues?” Ivy ponders, warning that she should remain anonymous should we publish the information.
She has charm and oozes personality with brains to match. Not surprisingly, she confesses that she is only in campus because it is a stage she has must undergo in life.
Besides, she hails from a wealthy family residing in Karen, Nairobi. She, however, became the black sheep of the family when her parents refused to pay for her university education overseas after taking her to one of the high-end international schools in Nairobi.
“I am a high maintenance chic who loves the good life yet my well off parents are stingy and don’t give me cash to match my financial needs. Neither do they give me the freedom to be myself. I had to look for an older guy who not only meets my financial needs without having to worry about babies or marriage as he already has a wife. It is a relationship of convenience. I am always available every time he needs me,” she remarks.
Jumping into the conversation, her two friends who are fellow students nod, agreeing that dating old rich men is the new cool as that comes with all the priviledge a young college girl wants.
“For starters, this guy is married. He does not have the time to keep on nagging me like college boys do. Besides, he is a big-shot commanding a regional blue chip company and I am assured of getting a good job after I graduate, thanks to his influence. I am living the good life and can afford every luxury I want and even go to all the high end VIP events,” says one of the girls in Ivy’s company.
Some of those who have not yet managed to get that Toyota Vitz logbook have designated drivers and cars. They are picked to and from late evening classes as we found out from another lot of students studying at a top international private university.
The campus beauties who have rented expensive apartments along the Nairobi- Thika super highway confess that their monthly house rent is billed to some big names in the political ladder. They even confessed that their weekly expenses sometimes go well above Sh100,000.
“My sister pays my university fees but my other demands are met by the old man I am dating. I am young and I have to look good. I can’t get all this attention from a fellow university boy and neither can I get it from my family members,” Shiko, one of the girls who is a third year Law student, quips.
“I dated a college boy two years ago but he broke my heart after I found out he was cheating on me. That sort of thing has happened to nearly all my friends. I find it hard to trust these young university guys who want to play around. I’d rather have a married man who will give me what I want and I give him what he wants,’’ she adds.
Shocked by her blasé attitude, I notice her eyes pierce through the distant horizon as she narrates her story, sipping her drink with no regrets. I dig further and ask her how sure she is that the man she’s with isn’t cheating on her and how she would feel if it were her husband running around with a young girl.
“I have to survive. I’ve already built this image around and I have to maintain it by all means. Luckily, he bought me a car, buys me clothes, pays my salon bills and offers many other things in exchange for sex. If he’s cheating on me, I don’t really care, as the terms are basically a relationship of convenience. After all, I also play around with campus boys, especially after a night out. To be honest, I’m having my cake and eating it. Am not ready to settle down or give away my heart to a man so I’ll enjoy it while it lasts,’’ she adds.
Tapping into this new lucrative opportunistic ‘business’, agencies promoting online dating and singles have become a booming business through which clients are hooked up with university girls of their own choice.
Up market estates have become breeding grounds for what would be termed as modern day high-class brothels where recruited university girls host ‘clients’ to private hook-up parties. The clients are introduced to the girl of their desire depending on the size, shape, social class and educational level they like.
Forget last year’s Campus Divas for Rich Men shocker Internet site. More advanced dating and escort sites in which politicians and top public figures are introduced to college girls have been introduced in Nairobi — for the convenience of the clients who, because of the social status, shy away from hunting for the young lovers, themselves.
Early this week, the latest of them, Touch of Class, was exposed. It has semi-nude pictures of known campus girls and socialites willing to hook up with clients either for short term sexual liaisons or relationships of convenience.
Joining such cliques is not a walk in the park as the girls are usually scrutinized during recruitment with registrations going for between Sh20,000 and Sh50,000. The contracts are binding and the girls are expected to surrender a given percentage of their weekly earnings out of every business the contract.
However, this is just but a small cluster of female students who are well-connected. The bigger number does its business freestyle, hunting for and hooking up with rich men at carefully selected social spots.
While some of the students are in these affairs just for social and financial satisfaction, many confess that their age mates have little to offer besides empty love promises while soliciting for sex in reality.
Shockingly, a big lot don’t have marriage in their future plans as they say marriage is no longer relevant in the current age.
In fact, they would rather have the men they are dating father their babies and offer them upkeep while they still maintain their independence as single ladies.
When campus boys confess love for them, they insist that they are not interested in men, even lying that they are lesbians.
“You just need to tell those boys that you don’t do men to turn them off to get your space with the bank roller,” affirms Shiko.
“I prefer men with experience. The youngest man I’ve ever dated was 36 and I dumped him after he became too attached and started begging me to marry him. I refused since I wasn’t ready. At that time I needed companionship and to be honest, money was the motivation. From my experience, older men know what they want unlike these young, confused fellows,’’ she concludes.
By STEVENS MUENDO and ESTHER MUCHENE
Original Standard Digital News
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