The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has rejected claims by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen that its recent documentary's sources were paid, pampered, or coached.
Responding to Murkomen on Thursday, August 14, the BBC denied that the exposé on a child sex trafficking ring in Mai Mahiu, known as "MADAMS: Exposing Kenya's Child Sex Trade", was fake.
At the same time, they dismissed Murkomen's assertions that the sources in the documentary had falsified their ages to appear as if they were underage, thus undermining the gist of the exposé.
Clarifying on the 'underage' sources, BBC noted that the survivors of abuse who were interviewed were all over 18 and were recounting experiences of abuse that occurred when they were underage. Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen in State House, Nairobi, during the Kenya Police Bullets FC celebrations, June 24, 2025.
