Mau Mau seek Sh10bn as compensation
What you need to know:
- Through the Kimerera Elders Advisory Council (KEAC), registered in 1976 on the advice of founding President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, the members are asking the court to order the money be deposited with the public trustee.
- They also want Sh200 million invested in wider range securities and Sh980 million in fixed rate securities.
More than 3,000 Mau Mau veterans want the government to pay them Sh10 billion as compensation.
Through the Kimerera Elders Advisory Council (KEAC), registered in 1976 on the advice of founding President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, the members are asking the court to order the money be deposited with the public trustee.
They also want Sh200 million invested in wider range securities and Sh980 million in fixed rate securities. (READ: Firm seeks pay scheme for war veterans)
Neglected by the State
The veterans said together with the beneficiaries of those who died in the struggle for independence, the government had neglected them.
KEAC replaced the Mau Mau War Council which was proscribed in 1969. Its members, who are over 90 years, thronged the court on Monday to listen to the proceedings.
Lawyers Sheila Mugo and Josphat Kimwere told Mr Justice David Majanja that the fighters were “arbitrarily jailed, detained, lost lives and property” and had never been compensated.
Mr Kimwere said, KEAC members and the beneficiaries were entitled to compensation since the government took over all the liabilities of the colonial masters.
