Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has vowed to take decisive action against Mediheal Hospital founder Dr Swarup Mishra, warning that the government is prepared to prosecute, deport, and revoke his citizenship if Parliament adopts the findings of a recent organ transplant investigation.

Speaking on Friday, Duale condemned what he termed the exploitation of vulnerable Kenyan youth by well-connected foreigners operating with impunity.

He accused Mishra of using public resources to carry out questionable kidney transplants, saying, “Our children, because of their social status, they were abused. They were given little money. Foreigners used NHIF.”

The Health CS said he had submitted the 314-page investigative report to both Houses of Parliament and would not allow it to be shelved.

“If it means us revoking that citizenship because your citizenship is not by birth, we will revoke the citizenship. We will cross your hospitals and we will deport you,” he stated, addressing Mishra directly.

The committee behind the report, which examined 476 transplants conducted between 2018 and 2024, found that 417 donor files were linked to Mediheal Eldoret, representing 81 percent of all donors reviewed.

Investigators flagged 60 cases where donor nationalities were missing and cited concerns over fraudulent signatures and vague documentation.

The facility was also said to have enabled transplant tourism, with international patients allegedly paying millions while desperate Kenyans were reportedly offered as donors for just Sh400,000. In some cases, patients were described simply as “mutual friends,” and key paperwork appeared to be signed by a person identified only as “IY,” believed to be an online freelancer.

Duale said the scandal involved both medical malpractice and the abuse of public funds, noting that NHIF was used to treat foreign patients.

“You come to our country 20 years ago with a bag, make money, sell our organs, become a member of parliament, and hire lawyers? That is a culture of impunity,” he said.

Earlier in the week, Mishra denied all allegations, claiming that Mediheal followed legal and medical procedures and that “no Kenyan organ has ever been exported. Not even one.”

He said all transplant approvals came from the Ministry of Health and insisted that foreign patients brought their own donors.

Despite these denials, the committee has recommended immediate criminal investigations into Mishra and three other senior doctors—Dr A.S. Murthy, Dr Sananda Bag, and Dr Vijay Kumar. It also called for Mediheal’s continued suspension and a regulatory review of the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council.

The report proposes the creation of a National Organ Transplant Authority and a Transplant Coordination Centre, alongside stricter laws to prevent future abuse in transplant services.

“They have told me who to punish and where the loopholes are,” said Duale.

“I want to assure you this report will not gather dust on shelves. It will be implemented. I will take it to Parliament and Cabinet.”