How Getrude Mungai Got Into The Sex Auntie Business

TV-star Getrude never planned on being a sex-anything. Her career as a ‘lifestyle designer on sex and relationships started quite by chance.

 “After the birth of my first son in 1999, I quit my job as a secretary to become a full-time mom. But my hubby, Peter, had employed two helpers for me – one for the baby and one for the house – so I was free most of the time. I became especially idle when my baby decided to quit breasfeeding after only four months. Being a food enthusiast, I decided to start a small catering business.” She started off catering for small parties and events. As word spread – “I give a Swahili twist to everything I cook!” – she was asked to cater for bridal showers.

At one bridal shower, she joined the party. “As I listened to the women talking, I noticed that most of them didn’t have positive things to say about marriage. I could see by the look on her face that the bride was getting scared, so I started a game where for every two negative things, we would say one positive thing. To my surprise, the ladies seemed to enjoy it, and we were soon laughing our heads off.”

The women enjoyed it so much that the next time one of them had a bridal shower, they invited Getrude to not only do the catering, but to play ‘the game.’ After the game, Getrude found herself answering a lot of questions about marriage and sex. Her new career was born. She was a sex auntie.

“I realised that I had quite a lot of information to give because growing up at the Coast, I had a somo who taught me about marriage and sex. Basically, a somo is an older woman who teaches a girl how to be attractive, how to treat a man, how to seduce him with delicious food… how to give him the personal touch. “Having a somo is the greatest things and it is common practice at the coast,” she says. Her grandmother, who brought her up, also gave her sex and relationship advice.

Of course, Getrude was no expert on sex and she admits that “some of the questions were hard.” At one of the bridal showers, a medical doctor challenged something Getrude had said. “I was only teaching from my coastal knowledge, but when this woman challenged me, I knew I had to do much more. Getrude started researching the topic, and discussed sex with her husband, other women, doctors, older people, divorced people, teachers – anyone who she thought might add to her knowledge.

Getrude’s hard work paid off, and she started charging for her sex-auntie services. But her career only really took off after Daily Nation did a story on her in 2005. “All of a sudden, many people knew what I did. Most were excited that finally there was a sex auntie in Kenya. Others were not so happy about it. But people at the coast were wondering what all the hype was about. It was a confusing time for me… my public life just blew up.”

Courtesy: True Love

Check out Getrude’s “Mombasa raha” videos by clicking here, and see what her website has in store for you here.