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One of Kenya's biggest public hospitals has said there has been an increase in the number of people making inquiries about and offering to sell their kidneys. Kenyatta National Hospital said, "How much for my kidney?" was the most asked question in their inbox. Some believe this to be a sign of the cost of living crisis hitting Kenya and highlights the desperate measures people are contemplating as food and fuel prices increase. Earlier this month, the World Bank warned that eastern Africa was among regions facing a major recession as a result of Russia's war in Ukraine and the coronavirus pandemic.

麻豆约拍's Africa health correspondent Dorcas Wangira reports from the hospital in Nairobi. She says others may be influenced by news stories of people selling their kidneys, adding there is an underground trade in organ and blood sales in the area.

Kenyatta National Hospital has advised that organs can only be donated to people in need and cannot be sold. The sale of organs is strictly prohibited and illegal.

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