Koigi Wamwere wants CS Rotich to release Sh154m torture money

Former Subukia MP Koigi Wamwere. [Photo: File]

Former Subukia MP Koigi Wamwere and six other victims of torture have complained to Cabinet Secretary Treasury over delay of pending payments of their Sh154 million awarded by the court.

In the letter directed to Henry Rotich, Wamwere, Robert Chutha, S.K Njenga, Veronica Wanjiru, Fredrick Muchoki, Rex Aseli, and Kennedy Kinuthia said that they desperately need their money to cater pressing medical operation expenses among other needs.

“We wish to complain that your office has not given priority to payment of our decretal sums awarded in court from 2012 to 2018,” said Wamwere.

He added that they are perturbed to see payment for other non-urgent matters while as Kenyan citizens are suffering waiting for their payments.

In the letter dated March 19, 2019, they said that they desperately need their payments to cater for pressing medical operation expenses, medical conditions drugs, and pay college fees for their children, pay loans and burdening family obligations.

“The priority for payments should be to us citizens not foreigners,” said Wamwere.

Wamwere said that the amounts continue to attract interest at court rates from the date of Judgement until payment in full.

“Some of us have obtained orders to commit the Principal Secretaries of parent Ministries to Civil Jail for defaulting to comply with the Certificates of Order against the Government which was duly served on them and the Attorney General,” said Wamwere.

They said that they have been awarded payment for torture, personal injury claims, and employment claims but they are told it is another torture to be paid by the treasury.

The letter has been copied to the Attorney General and Principal Secretary Ministry of Health and Ministry of Devolution.