Clinics and private hospitals in Eldoret, Kenya are allegedly key nodes in the illicit harvesting and supply of kidneys to recipients in India. The price of a kidney in Kenya? Just under $1,000 plus a motorbike. That is how 30-year-old Joseph Japiny, from Oyugis town in Homa Bay County in western Kenya, got histhat operates between Eldoret, Busia and Nairobi. Jadhot said that if he donated one kidney, he would be paid $984 as a down payment and another $984 in the form of a Boxer motorcycle.
A broker who spoke to Enact on condition of anonymity said he had recruited over 100 young men in Oyugis in the past year. Most were from low-income families, and many had not been educated beyond high school. They wanted capital to start their own businesses. In western Kenya, youths based in rural areas serve as brokers and recruit vulnerable, healthy young men. These local brokers work closely with agents in cities such as Eldoret, who connect victims of organ trafficking to the clinics where the operations occur.