Victims of human rights abuse during protests will begin to receive state compensation from next week, following the submission of the framework for reparations to president william ruto by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR). The verifcation process to determine the nearly 2,000 victims and thier families is ongoing. The goverement has set aside 2 billion shillings for this exercise that seeks to compensate victims of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, torture, severe injuries arising from excessive use of force and sexual and gender-based violence linked to demonstrations. The compensation will cover victims of violent protests witnessed in the 2017 and 2022 post-election period and those who suffered rights abuse in 2023, 2024 Finance Bill protests and 2025 Saba Saba protests.
