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Life has never been the same yet we've been forgotten, says '98 blast survivors

Victims and families of the August 7, 1998, bomb blast light candles during the 27th anniversary at the August 7 Memorial Park in Nairobi, on August 7, 2025. [Benard Orwongo, Standard]

A group of survivors and families of victims gathered at the August 7 Memorial Park in Nairobi on Thursday to mark 27 years since the 1998 US embassy bombing.

The event was filled with prayer, memories, and a call for compensation that has gone unanswered for nearly three decades.

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