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Bomb blast victims wait for justice, 23 years later

Rosemary Wanjiru was two-years-old and could hardly comprehend the unfolding events after the bomb blast. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

To Rosemary Wanjiru and her late mother, August 7, 1998, was just another day in their lives. There was nothing unusual as the two left their Ongata Rongai home for Gikomba market where Wanjiru's mother operated a business.

As the bus they were travelling in approached the Haile Selassie-Moi Avenue junction, there was an explosion. It was a bomb blast at the nearby American embassy. Wanjiru was two-years-old and could hardly comprehend the unfolding events. With injuries on her face, she clung to her equally injured mother as rescue work got underway.

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