DCI Opens Probe into How Blood Donated by Kenyans is Illegally Sold Abroad
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have opened a probe into claims that blood donated by Kenyans is being illegally sold abroad.
Reports indicate that the blood is mostly sold in neighboring Somalia by a cartel comprising officers from the Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service (KNBTS), which is under the Ministry of Health.
The current shortage of blood in the country is said to have been contributed by the illegal blood business and detectives are seeking to establish the role played by KNBTS officers in criminal activity.
On Wednesday, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe confirmed the matter is currently under investigation, terming the illegal sale of blood as unfortunate.
“The Ministry is aware that there are criminal elements both within and outside the country who are colluding with outsiders to escalate the problems pertaining to blood countrywide,” said CS Kagwe.
“These cartels have been engaged in blood trade within as well as outside the country for selfish gain without any regard to women and children who are dying in hospitals as a result of this shortage.”
KNBTS, which runs Kenya’s only blood bank, blams the shortage of the commodity to the withdrawal of the US government’s PEPFAR funding.
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Just waiting to see or hear…
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Just waiting to see or hear some bluff; Ni Dp. Ruto again! Waganga, wachawi na urogi! Karma is coming soon morons!
It’s nauseating everything…
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It’s nauseating everything surrounds the “cartels”. The buck stops with the ministry take responsibility and accountability. Unless we start criminalizing and putting people behind bars this country will continue to rot in filth. You kill keroche breweries a Kenyan owned company to promote Toborg a danish company goes to show yet another “cartel”. This country is better off being taken back to its slave masters. Africans will never learn the theft of public money will never quantify anyone being rich. You always be nothing short of a thief. Weston, brookside owners I hope you you get the message
Some Kenyans can even sell…
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Some Kenyans can even sell their mothers to get rich. This shows how low some of us can go. Leaving Kenyans to die in order to make a few millions is treachery of the first order. That’s why we would not like the Somali war to end. It gives us a market for blood stolen from donors who give it voluntarily. That’s blood money and laana itawapata waizi hawa.
Some Kenyans can even sell…
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Some Kenyans can even sell their mothers to get rich. This shows how low some of us can go. Leaving Kenyans die in order to make a few millions is treachery of the first order. That’s why we would not like the Somali war to end. It gives us a market for blood stolen from donors who give it voluntarily. That’s blood money and laana itawapata waizi hawa.
These are the kind of…
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These are the kind of allegations that the president should be in the forefront of,instead of creating aphoto op. with githeri man,or the snake man in Mombasa.
These are the real issues that concern wananchi.Mr. President you should demand immediate investigation,and the reports of progress,or there lack of brought to your desk every morning.And afull report within a month.Put people to work,and fire those lazy bums.
These are very serious allegations. We are talking about life and death .
Again I ask,as I have on numerous occasions when africans defy logic,"how can these happen".Dont we have checks and balances? Has corruption truly sold our souls to the devil.Iam dumb struck...
Tell me that this is not true.Tell me that this is fake news...
Kenya is crazy ... they are…
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Kenya is crazy ... they are now showing porno to prisoners and forcing them to masturbate then they sell their semen in the black market ... Kenya is worse than hell
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Did you guys hear of the…
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Did you guys hear of the cucu whose organs they harvested at a renown funeral home in Nairobi before releasing the body to her family members? Kidneys, cornea, hip bones, and partial skin all gone.
I remember those days in…
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I remember those days in states i given my name as an organ donor then rumours went around that incase ur in car crash or u happen to visit hospitals if ur really dying they won't save yoo.They will start harvesting yr organs especially if ur black juu black pple organs works very very well comparing with other races!So this is not new thou as usual we love exergerrating negatives talking shit for everything.Am waiting to hear my americans wazungu black kenyans what they will say about corona in usa n shutting dwn the europe planes.
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