Ex-sergeant David Gitau Njau. He is among the soldiers who were wrongfully dismissed from the military on suspicion of taking part in the failed 1982 coup.
The soldiers, who were divided into four cases, were awarded a total of Sh170 million.
Due to interest, this amount had since grown to Sh298 million as at June 2021, and it keeps growing.
Theirs is a story of pain, disappointment and rejection, all rolled in one. They were unfairly targeted, arrested, detained, tortured and later wrongfully dismissed from the military on suspicion of taking part in the failed plot to overthrow President Daniel arap Moi on August 1, 1982.
They were later tried and cleared by courts, and awarded compensation running into millions of shillings but to date, almost 40 years later, they are yet to receive a coin.
