German media outlets Der Spiegel, ZDF and DW spent months investigating an international organ trafficker network preying on the desperate.

Its members persuade poor, young Kenyans to sell kidneys for very little money. These organs are then sold on to recipients in Germany and elsewhere for up to €200,000 ($222,000), earning traffickers substantial profits.

There are indications that local Kenyan authorities and lawmakers are turning a blind eye to the practice. 

 

Watch the SpiceFM-interview from April, 16 with Maryline Limo, Vice President of Mediheal Group of Hospitals 

 

As a result of our reporting, Kenya’s Health Minister Aden Duale told journalists on April 17, that kidney transplant services have been suspended at Mediheal hospital. A new committee of investigation has been established to probe all kidney transplant services done at Mediheal over the last five years, he said.

 

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