Kenya is slowly emerging as a hotspot for illegal organ trafficking, a documentary by German broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) has revealed.
The exposé, released on Monday this week, alleges that organ trading has been happening at Mediheal Hospital in Eldoret. Initially, the operations reportedly involved kidney recipients from Somalia and donors from Kenya.
However, DW reported that the scope of the alleged racket widened in 2022, drawing recipients from Israel and, as of 2024, from Germany.
The donors were also flown in from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Pakistan.
