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University girls in the city are now selling their eggs for Sh30,000, The Nairobian can reveal.
The money supplements the allowance from their parents, assorted ‘sponsors’ and side hustles to make ends meet. Human eggs are sold to fertility clinics in Nairobi.
Students who spoke to The Nairobian claimed that unemployment and high cost of living is what is driving them into the trade. Julia Akinyi, a 21-year-old student at the University of Nairobi holing up in one of the city’s hostels learnt of the lucrative side hustle from her colleagues whose flashy lifestyle she envied.
Julia thought they bankrolled their extravagant lifestyles by leeching on sponsors until she was let in on the new trend of selling their eggs in one of the few In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) centres in Nairobi.
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