Ministry of Health deceived sex workers - Ndadi

Speaking to Mmegi yesterday, he said that organisations representing sex workers and men who have sex with other men like Sisonke and LEGABIBO were asked by government to participate in a study ostensibly meant to understand them better to ultimately help address the challenges facing them and reducing stigma. However it has turned out that sex workers and men who have sex with other men will be arrested and fined, while foreign ones will be deported.

Ndadi said that this shows that the ministry never acted in good faith. He said that had the gays and lesbians known that the study would be used to harass, detain, persecute, profile and deport them, they would never have participated in it.