The twilight ladies, as the city’s residents refer to the sex workers, have traded their revealing outfits for the more austere buibui – a loose, floor-length gown and head covering favoured by Muslim women.

The article posted here says. It goes on to say how prostitutes have been forced underground by the police and are trying to hide their identity by wearing the buibui, or to at least avoid arrest and some of the public flogging that’s happened in the past.

The story ends by quoting someone from the Council of Imams, saying,

“For God’s sake, if one has decided to join this profession, the uniform of prostitutes is well known.”

“They should stick to their disgraceful attire.”

I can’t really imagine prostitutes in Kampala covering head to toe, but it’s an interesting idea. I wonder how it would change their image or their clientel.

Until they do, Kampala residents will still see women flashing their panties at cars driving by. I’m not sure a buibui is better, but who knows what is better when a problem is as systematically entrenched as this one?