
Kenya: Kidney probe launched, clinic denies allegations – DW – 04/23/2025
The Kenyan clinic at the center of allegations of organ trafficking has denied any wrongdoing and promised to cooperate fully with a criminal investigation. It follows an investigation by DW and two other German outlets.

The Kenyan clinic at the center of allegations of organ trafficking has denied any wrongdoing and promised to cooperate fully with a criminal investigation. It follows an investigation by DW and two other German outlets.
Kidney donors included vulnerable young Kenyans in search of money, but also sellers who were flown in from countries including Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Pakistan, while desperate recipients paying hundreds of thousands of dollars were identified in Israel and Germany.
The German Transplantation Act forbids the purchase of organs, regardless of where the transplant takes place.