Kenya will pay compensation to almost 2,000 victims of protest-related human rights abuses, President William Ruto said on Monday, marking a rare national reparations process outside the judicial system.
The victims of human rights abuses will begin receiving compensation from next week after vetting by the state-funded human rights commission. The total payout is expected to total $15 million.
Ruto, speaking during the release of a national Reparations Framework Report, said the compensation represents “a state acknowledgment that harm occurred” and was not an “admission” of guilt.
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