The state is not legally obligated to compensate victims of the 2007/08 Post Election Violence, Internal Security Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo has told a Nakuru court.
Dr Omollo, who was summoned by the High Court in Nakuru to explain the government's position on Sh6.5 billion compensation for over 75,000 victims, said any payments made to families displaced by the violence were done as a favour and from a sense of moral obligation.
These sentiments were contained in a letter addressed to the court through the Deputy Chief State Counsel Kepha Onyiso, dated May 19, 2025.
Onyiso addressed Judge Hedwig Ong'udi on Omollo's behalf. "There were no legal obligations for the government to compensate the victims, and any person claiming compensation must prove by way of evidence that the government was legally obligated to compensate them," read the letter in part.
