The Kenya Human Rights commission which has been involved in the process for a decade now insisted that it was time that the Kenyan government is held accountable in the way it has handled independence heroes.
Executive director Atsango Chesoni said that the commission will now focus its energies on pushing the government to ensure that it acts on the welfare of the war veterans.
Atsango said: “We will demand that the government takes responsibility for its less than stellar treatment of the Mau Mau heroes for instance they have long standing issues about land that must be resolved.”
Daniel Leader, a Partner at law firm Leigh Day, which represented the Kenyan victims of colonial torture also welcomed the settlement saying that it had served as a lesson that human rights abuses ought to be recognised and redress offered.
“The elderly victims of torture now at last have the recognition and justice they have sought for many years. For them this significance of this moment cannot be over emphasized,” he said.
Leader confirmed that the process of disbursing the money to the beneficiaries was already on course and the money will be directly paid to individuals.
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