Nilipe pesa zangu. Pris! Journalist demands Ksh 12m compensation from Attorney General, hataki ujinga

Piece by: Lily Mwangi
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American based Kenyan journalist Peter Makori has accused Attorney General Githu Muigai of frustrating his compensation for torture and illegal imprisonment.

Makori was awarded Sh5,053,671 in 2006, which has accumulated to about Sh7 million in interest.

He claims his effort to get paid has been frustrated over the years, with the AG’s office demanding that he forfeit close to Sh5 million of accrued interest on the award, in order to get paid.

Makori told the Star from the US,

Ever since the AG’s office was served with the court order to pay, officials at the State Law Office have been demanding that I ‘negotiate’ the accrued interest. The officials wrote to me in the recent past, demanding I accept Sh7 million out of a possible Sh12 million.I rejected the offer because it amounts to extortion, and the AG has no powers under any law to subject me to such negotiation

Makori's is among hundreds of pending settlements mostly from former President Daniel Moi’s era and the infamous Nyayo Torture Chambers that lie in the State Law Office, some of those claimants have died. And even though he can barely walk more than a decade later due to the torture, he is not giving up his stake without a fight.

Efforts by the Star to get an explanation from the AG's office over the delay were unsuccessful.

-The STAR