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Wombs for hire: KTN investigates dark side of surrogacy amid legal vacuum

19th January, 2026

As the cost of living continues to rise and job opportunities shrink, desperate Kenyan women are being pushed into an unregulated surrogacy trade—renting their wombs to mostly foreign clients for a fraction of the profits, while agents and clinics reap millions.Operating in a legal vacuum, the industry leaves women exposed to exploitation, medical neglect, and betrayal. Anti-human trafficking groups are now raising alarm that some children born through these arrangements may be disappearing into dangerous international networks

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