Court orders Sh105m compensation kitty for abduction victims News 18 min ago Listen

Further, Justice Gregory Mutai blocked the Panel of Experts on Compensation of Victims of Human Rights Violations and other parties involved in the compensation process from acting on the purported authentication process introduced for the verification of victims of torture and enforced disappearances.

Vetting process However, in responding to concerns about compensation for 35 victims of enforced disappearances identified in the report, the panel maintained that victims must first undergo authentication because cases involving torture and enforced disappearances require a higher standard of verification and coordination among several government agencies.“Secondly, the first and second respondents are hereby ordered to set aside Sh105 million out of the compensation fund for purposes of compensating the victims of enforced disappearances and torture and abductions, pending the hearing and determination of the petition,” said the court.