Dissertation (MA Public Administration)Sex work is a practice that is so thoroughly disapproved and so widely outlawed in our civilization and yet flourishes so rampantly. The aim of the study was investigate socio-economic factors influencing commercial sex work in Temeke ward. It aimed to assess the nature and extent of commercial sex in Temeke ward. The methods used to gather information consist of interview which was conducted to young women engaging in prostitution by examining their life history. Focused group discussion and questionnaire were also used. From the study findings it was found that the major factors influencing young women to engage in the sex industry are poverty, unemployment, lack of education, corruption, urban migration and trafficking, early pregnancy, demand, peer pressure, broken home family, low self-concept/esteem, lack of settlement, globalization and harmful culture. The study also found out that intervention measures to be adopted to lessen the sex industry should constitute Improvement of social welfare of the people, mobilization and sensitization measure, vocational training, women empowerment, youth and women empowerment fund, promotion of economy and agriculture, information and counseling centres and entrepreneurship (Small-micro projects). Based on the findings of the study, it is recommended that the government should design proper policies on how best to deal with the sex industry. The society should stop turning a blind eye to commercial sex. It should stop the demand for sex workers. Efforts should be increased at empowering women to education, for example through girls‟ scholarship programs.