If only the blood of a broken tooth
     Could heal a festering wound -
         Why waste a fortune on a medicine man
         Still, i will need his magic wand

A group of Kenya women has called for a seven day sex boycott to force men into political reform. Sex has been used successfully in espionage: I have in mind Delila  from the Bible, the Luo legend of Lwanda  Magere, and, more recently, during the Cold War. This is so because even the high priest cannot resist the temptation to have sex.

Now, if sex is a powerful tool of extracting information, and information is power, I tell that woman calling for a sex boycott to go warm her man's bed.

But I have no grand illusions either. A sex boycott, if it be constructive and well executed, will achieve the following, bar, politics:

1. If every Kenyan woman and man avoided sex for only one day, it would significantly reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS, and other sexually transmitted diseases.

2. If every Kenyan man and woman avoided sex for only one day, it would significantly reduce the population explosion.

The boycott, as currently envisioned, will achieve nothing other than turning the bedroom into a dream island of romance. The male chauvinist will drop a charm offense and watch from the corner of the eye how the female reacts.

Lucy Oriang, a columnist with the Nation, in her Friday ( May 1, 2009) commentary, drew my attention to the aspect of sex and rape. I sign off with the following poem. Khainga, mourning creative writers Bantu Mwaura and Sospeter Shake, by carrying the flame (writing a poem). The departed were great Kenyan literary figures.

MY ANGEL'S RAPE

Rapists are
Sadists.
Hear,

Sex is thought rational
For a consenting individual
Perfect weapon against hiv and aids

The pleasure in sexs
Abounds in the execution
In the manner of reaction

The sweetness in sexs
Abounds in words under pillow
In the promises that will follow

Oh! let our three year olds grow
Allow our young girls to glow
Free our women from this blow.

Rapists are
Sadists,

Castrate.

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