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Babu Owino Criticizes Govt Over Delayed Compensation of Kenyans Killed during Gen Z Protests

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Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has criticized the government for its failure to fulfil its promise of compensating the families of those who lost their lives during the 2024 anti-government protests.

In a statement posted on his official Facebook account on Monday, January 20, 2025, Owino voiced his frustration over the broken promises made to grieving families.

“The Government has completely failed to compensate the families of those who lost their loved ones during the Gen Z Protests,” he said.

Owino accused the government of neglecting its moral obligation.

“We understand that money cannot compensate for life, but why promise and then fail to deliver? It’s been one promise after another,” he wrote.

On July 5, 2024, President William Ruto said the government would support those who lost their lives and were injured during the demonstrations.

In 2024, Kenya experienced youth-led protests against the Finance Bill 2024, which proposed tax hikes on essential commodities, sparking nationwide demonstrations that began on June 18, 2024.

On July 1, 2024, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR), in a statement, reported that at least 39 people lost their lives and 361 others were injured during the nationwide protests which took place from June 18, 2024, to July 1, 2024

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