The Most Controversial Maina And King’angi In The Morning: Women And Condom Use?

And today Maina and King’ang’i were discussing condom usage between couples the topic of conversation; apparently, ladies are the ones who tell men to lose the condoms. From disturbing confessions of being HIV+ to this chap’s conquest calling in to say that she knows him and she’s worried she may be HIV+ to a woman calling in to say she is married and happy in a HIV discordant relationship, this morning conversation had it all!

King’ang’i said that it’s the owner of the house that tell you whether or not you can wear shoes in their house so it makes sense that women are the ones who tell men not to bother with condoms. One man called Maina to say that he caught HIV from his girlfriend and he still has sex with his wife. The next caller called in to say that his girlfriend told him “She’d rather die than use a condom!” And a year into the relationship, he feels she’s cheating on him so he has stopped shagging her.

And Maina was wise in how he brought up the issue of HIV testing and at that point the phone line went dead… Yep, the prospect of a HIV test scared this man that much. And then a lady called in asking for a caller’s number because she thinks she knows the caller who had called in previously and she believes that she has had a sexual encounter with the chap! And that is where Maina begun playing counsellor. The lass sounded devastated! And indeed she should be because one of the callers dialled in to confess that he has HIV/AIDS! she asked for the last two digits of his phone number just to be sure.

And now allow me to go on a tangent, Maina and King’ang’i play a role that is truly underrated, they are marital counsellors and they actually also offer psychological support for their callers and i assert this after hearing how Maina handled the lady who called in.
A female caller called in to say that her hubby is in Europe and she was once tempted to cheat and she did but the man told her that there aren’t any condoms that fit his size. And she then went on to tell Maina that it’s not just a Kenyan issue, men in Africa don’t like condoms. She used her work experience to illustrate this: apparently she worked in an NGO that deals in HIV/AIDS and even Ugandans and Tanzanians don’t like using condoms.
The last caller was also female and she says that she met a lad from college 6yrs after they were done with uni and they were still inlove. and because she is used to taking care of herself so she insisted that they should condoms and get tested. He turned out to be positive but they decided to stick it out and the VCT counsellors counselled her and she decided to stay with him. They are now married and are looking to get babies. This right here is a testament to the strength of love. She said that because she is informed, she has the power to make decisions. that as Maina said is a truly inspirational story!