This archive report was first published on 13 December 2019.
December 13, 2019, Nairobi — Eleven years have passed since Kenya's post-election violence left more than 1,000 people dead, yet hundreds of victims are still waiting for justice, compensation, and medical help.
A coalition of human rights organizations has accused the National Assembly of blocking reparations for victims, despite the country's Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) proposing reparations as part of the transitional justice process.
Agatha Ndonga, head of the International Centre for Transitional Justice, emphasized the Kenyan state's duty to compensate victims to restore their dignity, as laid out in the TJRC report.
"We cannot talk of justice and healing when some Kenyans continue to languish in the pain of past injustices," Ndonga said.
The 2007/08 elections, narrowly won by incumbent Mwai Kibaki, sparked ethnic killings and other violations, resulting in the deaths of at least 1,133 people and widespread property destruction, sexual crimes, and forcible displacement.
