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BBC defends child sex trade expose after Murkomen's remark

The two suspected women believed to be behind the trade and who police state they have since gone under.[BBC,X]

The BBC has defended its documentary Madams: Exposing Kenya’s Child Sex Trade, after Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen  dismissed it as a “hoax” yesterday.

In a statement Thursday, the broadcaster rejected Murkomen’s allegations, insisting the documentary was a work of public interest journalism that followed ethical and professional standards.

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