Woman pays 13-year-old girl US$1 a day for sex wor...

Woman pays 13-year-old girl US$1 a day for sex work

Woman pays 13-year-old girl US$1 a day for sex workMichael Mashiri

A woman who took advantage of a 13-year-old’s desperation and started selling her for sex has been taken to court.

Vimbai Hondo Kaseke, 20, of Epworth Extension, appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje charged with procuring a person for the purpose of engaging in unlawful sexual conduct.

She was remanded in custody.

The complainant in this matter is a 13-year-old juvenile.

The State, through prosecutor Anesu Chirenje, alleges that are that on January 2024, at around 1800 hours the complainant was sent by her mother to buy vegetables but delayed coming back until it was around 2000 hours.

She later returned with her cousin who then told the complainant’s mother that she was with a boy.

The complainant’s mother took a switch to discipline her but she escaped and ran away from the house.

Searches for the complainant were done, but she could not be found and a file of a missing person was opened.

Kaseke then allegedly took advantage of the complainant’s predicament and invited the complainant into her house.

She allegedly told her: “Iwewe uchaita munin’ina wangu, unenge uchigara neni mumba mangu, asi tinenge tichibuda manheru tichienda kutown ndinokupa US$1 pazuva (you will be my young sister, you will be living with me in my house, but we will be going out during evenings going to town, l will give you US$1 daily).”

It is alleged that during the same night Kaseke took complainant to Big Apple Nite Club and paid US$0.50 to a security guard and asked her to remain at the gate.

Kaseke came with a certain man who took the complainant into the toilet and raped her.

It is alleged that January 9, 2024, at around 1600 hours, Kaseke took the complainant to Big Apple Nite Club and asked the complainant to remain at the gate and hired two men for her.

The first man took the complainant and had protected sexual intercourse with her and when finished, Kaseke asked complainant “warwadziwa” meaning have you felt any pain and she said yes, then Kaseke applied a lubricant on the complainant’s private part.

The second man took the complainant inside again and raped her.

It is alleged that Kaseke was being given US$5.

It is alleged that on several occasions, Kaseke would take the complainant and subject her to sexual exploitation for her benefit.

Kaseke was arrested after the complainant was identified by one sex worker who was aware that she was reported missing and took them to Harare Central Police Station.