Kampala | A 28-year-old man who has contracted syphilis after licking a dance pole has filed a lawsuit against a Rubaga Road based strip club (name with-held).
Byaruggaba Alex, 28 is seeking 10 million UGX in damages from the city strip club.
During the performance, one dancer apparently “squirted” on the dance pole, which Byarugaba decided to lick before suffering from symptoms of syphilis days later.
“My client was not aware that the dancer had syphilis and that the content of her female ejaculation was contagious” Byarugaba’s lawyer, Katongole Umar, told reporters.
Sandra Mutesi, an employee of the the kimansulo club, says she saw Byarugaba in an intoxicated state jump onto the stage where he indulged in “French kissing” the dancing pole for several minutes.
“He must’ve spent at least 10 minutes licking that pole, he was seriously hammered. It took two bouncers to take him off the stage,” one female stripper told reporters.
Umar, Byarugaba’s lawyer, believes the establishment’s lack of standards of hygiene is at fault here and that it was the dancer’s obligation to warn his client that she had an infectious disease.
Sources at a Wandegeya clinic where Byarugaba was rushed say he was also treated for symptoms of chlamydia and gonorrhea he also contracted that night.
The owner of the strip club couldn’t be reached for comment but an employee reached by phone admitted that clients “licking the dance pole” was not a practice encouraged by the establishment.
The lawsuit claims the strip club is liable for its employees and for maintaining minimal hygiene standards inside the establishment.
