Ruto now sets up team to compensate protest victims since 2017, after Raila demand
President William Ruto speaks during a meeting of the East African Community–Southern African Development Community co-chairs at State House in Nairobi on August 1, 2025.
President Ruto emphasized the need for accountability and reparations for those who lost their lives or sustained bodily harm.
Ruto's office will collaborate with the Office of the Attorney General, Ministry of Interior and the National Treasury to implement the plan.
President William Ruto has unveiled a State-backed team to develop a framework to compensate victims of protests and demonstrations dating back to 2017, a move seen by some as a long-overdue reckoning amid mounting public dissent.
In a Presidential Proclamation issued from the Executive Office of the President on Friday and affixed with the official state seal, President Ruto cited the “compelling national interest” in redressing harm suffered by both civilians and security personnel during Kenya’s turbulent protest history.
