A Kenyan MP has asked women to withhold sex from their husbands until they register as voters for the 8 August elections. Mishi Mboko, the women’s representative for the coastal city of Mombasa, says it was the best strategy to shore up opposition votes. “Women, this is the strategy you should adopt. It is the best. Deny them sex until they show you their voter’s card,” she said. The registrations end on 17 February. Ms Mboko said sex was a powerful weapon and would encourage reluctant men to rush to register as voters in the exercise that began on Monday. Calls for sex boycotts are common in Kenya. In 2009, women activists held a week-long sex strike to get then President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga and their allies to reconcile after falling out. Police in Mumbai declared 15 locations as places where taking selfies “can be dangerous” after an 18-year-old girl drowned in the sea while taking a selfie.
