Makau Mutua appointment to lead protest victims compensation team

President William Ruto has appointed Makua Mutua, his senior advisor on Constitutional Affairs and Human Rights, to lead the framework for coordinating the compensation of victims of protests and riots.

Besides announcing Mutua’s appointment as the principal coordinator of the state intervention and compensation framework, Ruto revealed that the framework would last for 120 days from the date of the announcement.

He added that the team would comprise members from his office, the Office of the Attorney General, the Treasury and the Ministry of the Interior, as well as other relevant state agencies.

“I, William Samoei Ruto, President and Commander in Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces, in exercise of the authority vested in me, do hereby establish a coordinating framework for compensation of victims of protests and riots,” he announced.