Watetezi wadai uwazi na muda zaidi katika fidia ya wahanga wa maandamano

Wanaharakati wameitaka Tume ya KNCHR kuwa na uwazi katika mchakato wa fidia kwa waathiriwa wa maandamano ya Gen Z ya 2024 na 2025. Wamependekeza kuongeza siku za kukusanya data kutoka 60 hadi 90, na kuonya dhidi ya kuingiliwa na wanasiasa. Wanasema bajeti ya Sh2 bilioni haitoshi.

Wanaharakati wamewasilisha maombi yao kwa Tume ya Kutetea Haki za binadamu nchini (KNCHR) ili iwe na uwazi katika mchakato wa kutoa fidia kwa waathiriwa wa maandamano ya Gen Z.

Mkurugenzi wa Vocal Africa, Hussein Khalid, alisema KNCHR inahitaji angalau siku 90 kwa kuthibitisha waathiriwa na kutoa malipo, badala ya siku 30 kila moja. "Tatizo la kuharakisha mchakato huu ni kwamba utaambatana na changamoto na makosa," alisema Khalid, akiongeza kuwa maandamano hayo yalifanyika katika zaidi ya kaunti 30 lakini mashirika ya haki za binadamu ni matano tu.

Khalid alionya dhidi ya ushawishi wa wanasiasa au serikali, akidai wanaweza kuharakisha mchakato kwa hofu ya maandamano ya Juni 25 mwaka huu. "Tuwe waangalifu na tufanye mambo kwa njia sahihi," alishauri.

Bi Mwanase Ahmed alilalamika kuwa KNCHR haijafafanua aina ya waathiriwa wanaofaa, kama waliouawa, walioumia au waliopata madhara ya kisaikolojia. Mwathiriwa Mary Gititia alielezea shida yake, ambapo mwanawe wa miaka 26 alipotea wakati wa maandamano ya Juni 25, 2024, na bado hajupatikana. Wanaharakati wanasema bajeti ya Sh2 bilioni inapaswa kuongezwa hadi Sh4 bilioni ili kutosha kesi kutoka 2017.

Makala yanayohusiana

President William Ruto has announced that victims of protests in Kenya will receive compensation by June this year, with Sh2 billion allocated in the 2025/26 supplementary budget. He stated that the process to identify eligible individuals has been completed by IPOA and KNCHR. He spoke during a meeting of UDA and ODM MPs at KICC.

Imeripotiwa na AI

Hundreds of youths in Kisii County protested on Tuesday night over delayed and reduced payments from the NYOTA programme. They received only Ksh300 instead of the promised Ksh1,000 daily stipend. The protesters spent the night at a primary school, vowing to continue until their demands are met.

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has extended the deadline for a Commission of Inquiry into the 2023 Manipur violence until November 20, 2026. The three-member panel must now submit its report on the ethnic clashes as soon as possible but no later than that date.

Imeripotiwa na AI

Three youths paid Sh1,000 each buried 32 or 33 bodies on the night of March 19 in Kericho cemetery without families or ceremonies. They revealed the truth to police two days later, leading to a court-ordered exhumation that found 25 children. Nyamira Governor Amos Nyaribo has distanced himself, blaming corrupt officials.

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