Kenya State to compensate victims of torture

July 22, 2010 12:58 AM EDT

Kenyan State was directed Wednesday by High Court judge, Hannhah Okwengu, to pay 40 million shillings to victims of unjustified imprisonments.

The 40 victims of the infamous Nyayo torture chamber claim “inhumanities” that include torture and malicious prosecution.

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The plaintiffs through lawyer Gitau Mwara, who is also a victim, sought to be compensated for their alleged incarceration by the Kanu regime without trial between 1986 and 1987.

Early last year, Justice Roselyn Wendo awarded seven people who had raised similar complaints 1.5 million shillings each.

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