A 25-year-old man, who describes himself as a devout member of a well-known church and a resident of the church compound in Mt Hampden, is now battling a severe and seemingly incurable case of sexually-transmitted infection, contracted after a single encounter with a sex worker.
Tendai Nyamapfeni, originally hailing from Njeramo, Mutare, claims he was led astray by fellow young men within his church community. He alleges that their influence led him to engage in unprotected sexual activity with a woman working as a prostitute in the Mt Hampden area, an act that has now left him with a debilitating sexually transmitted infection (STI).
Nyamapfeni recounts the events that led to his current predicament. “I am struggling with a persistent case of STI that I contracted last year. I had unprotected sex with a woman from Mt Hampden after being persuaded by some young men I worship with at my church. They told me I should be dating girls and then introduced me to a woman older than me, with whom I had unprotected sex, and that’s where my problem started,” he explains.
He details how, on the 28th of May last year, he left his home to charge his mobile phone at the residence of some of these young men. It was there, he says, that he was pressured into exploring sexual experiences, with the argument that it was a necessary step to prove his manhood.
