{"id":119653,"date":"2025-08-13T05:10:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/ojienda-invites-post-2017-protest-claims-for-reparations-amid-legal-doubts\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T05:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:10:15","slug":"ojienda-invites-post-2017-protest-claims-for-reparations-amid-legal-doubts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/ojienda-invites-post-2017-protest-claims-for-reparations-amid-legal-doubts\/","title":{"rendered":"Ojienda invites post-2017 protest claims for reparations amid legal doubts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KISUMU, Kenya, Aug 13 \u2013 Kisumu Senator Tom Ojienda has invited claims from victims of political unrest since 2017 for forwarding to Nairobi, even as a fierce political row rages over the legal basis of President William Ruto\u2019s compensation framework.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ojienda on Tuesday urged residents who lost loved ones, suffered injuries, or had property destroyed to submit proof of loss to his Kisumu office, saying the government was ready to pay reparations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe compensation will cover incidents from 2017. Be ready to receive payment from the current administration,\u201d he said at the Kisumu bus park, where he visited the site of a recent fire.<\/p>\n<p>President Ruto appointed his constitutional affairs and human rights advisor, Makau Mutua, to lead a 120-day process on August 8. <\/p>\n<p>The plan will cover victims of protests and riots from January 1, 2017, to July 31, 2025, and involve officials from the presidency, the Attorney General\u2019s office, the Treasury, the Interior Ministry, and other agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative, backed by ODM leader Raila Odinga, has drawn sharp criticism from Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka and DAP\u2013Kenya\u2019s Eugene Wamalwa, who question its legality and argue the Executive cannot be trusted to compensate victims of its own alleged abuses. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Wolves deciding cow matters\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>They demanded the process move to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, citing Article 59(1)(E) of the Constitution, and called for the immediate suspension of Mutua\u2019s role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough the shoot-to-kill and shoot-in-the-leg orders, can they be the ones responsible for redress and compensation of their own victims of police brutality? A wolf cannot decide the matters of cow or crow,\u201d Kalonzo said.<\/p>\n<p>Mutua dismissed the objections, accusing the two leaders of politicising \u201ca noble effort\u201d to heal the nation and urging them to propose constructive solutions instead in a response on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>He cited the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission as an example of a government-led transitional justice mechanism and insisted victim compensation is a legitimate global practice.<\/p>\n<p>While rights groups and some victims\u2019 families have cautiously welcomed the idea, sections of the opposition see it as a political ploy ahead of the 2027 General Election.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KISUMU, Kenya, Aug 13 \u2013 Kisumu Senator Tom Ojienda has invited claims from victims of political unrest since 2017 for forwarding to Nairobi, even as a fierce political row rages over the legal basis of President William Ruto\u2019s compensation framework. 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