The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has announced that the high-profile investigations into Mediheal Hospital over alleged organ trafficking have been handed over to a more specialised unit.
In a statement released on Tuesday, April 22, the DCI announced that its elite Transnational Organised Crime Unit (TOCU) would take over the case, citing the need to have a more coordinated and thorough investigation. "The Transnational Organised Crime Unit (TOCU) of the DCI has taken over the investigation of the case where Mediheal Hospital is implicated in the trafficking of human organs harvested at its Fertility and Transplant Centre in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County," the DCI said in a statement.
According to the directorate, the decision to escalate the matter to TOCU was made in response to the widespread nature of allegations against the hospital, which prompted the need to harmonise evidence across multiple cases against the Eldoret-based medical facility. Surgeons performing surgery on a patient.
Photo Benue The statement went on, "Whereas a number of such cases have been reported at various police stations and DCI offices across the North Rift region, TOCU takes over to harmonise all reports and statements previously recorded." The DCI's official website classifies the Transnational Organised Crime Unit as a unit put in place to handle complex criminal cases which require special investigative techniques and forensic analysis to uncover the full extent of illegal activities.
