More than 167,000 Kenyans identify as female sex workers, and about 32,000 as men who have sex with men, a new estimate of the country’s key population indicates.
Key Population (KP) refers to people who are disproportionately affected by HIV compared to the general population.
The new count also found the country has 16,063 individuals who identify as people who inject drugs, and 10,951 transgender people.
This is the country’s second major estimate of the national count of sex workers and gay people. The first was conducted in 2012.