Dagoretti North Member of Parliament (MP) Beatrice Elachi has stated that the government must compensate the families of victims of protests.
In the last year, the country experienced the June 25, 2025, anti-government protests that led to the loss of at least 60 people and about 16 individuals in last week’s demonstrations.
Speaking at a local TV station on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, Elachi stated that justice takes time, and sometimes it is not served, necessitating compensation for families.
“If this were a breadwinner, what happens in the end? First, they believe that justice takes time and is expensive. After two months, nobody remembers the family after talking about the unfortunate deaths. It is fair to show families that we acknowledge our mistakes. Compensation is ethically immoral but fair,” she said.
She has also called for the fast-tracking of such cases and asked lawyers who commit to representing the families in court not to bail out because of a lack of resources.
“Justice must be as quick as possible. Where I will go home saying, ‘Despite what I have been through, justice was served,” she said.
“For even the lawyers who decide they will do pro bono for these families. Let them move with this case, and don’t reach a point where you leave the case because the family has no resources,” she added.
Murkomen
This comes a few days after Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen announced that the government has not allocated any budget to compensate the victims whose properties were either looted or destroyed during the Wednesday, June 25, protests.
In a press briefing on June 26, 2025, he explained that Parliament should enact a law that defines compensation for such victims and also impose stiffer penalties on protest organisers.
He highlighted the need for protests to be regulated to hold the organisers to account if property is either destroyed or looted.
“If we were to provide a budget that would compensate people all the time whenever properties are looted, then the best law is that protest organisers should bear the greatest responsibility.”
“That is why we insist on a law defining where the organisers will hold their demos, what time and where. Mombasa is an example of how public protests should occur.”
He, however, cited that the leaders would personally contribute as a form of support to those who suffered immense losses.
