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Government to pay Sh 504 million as compensation for torture

Kenneth Matiba arrives from London in May 1992. [File, Standard]

Multiparty crusader Kenneth Matiba Wednesday won a landmark case when he was awarded Sh504 million as compensation for torture.

The High Court in Nairobi ruled that the State was to blame for Mr Matiba’s ill health and ordered that he be paid Sh18 million to take care of his hospital bills.

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