Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Faith Odhiambo has been appointed as the Vice-Chairperson of the Framework for the Reparation and Compensation of Victims of Demonstrations, Public Protests, and Riots.
In a Gazette notice dated August 26, she will deputize Professor Makau Mutua, who has been named the Chairperson of the committee.
The panel also includes Kennedy N. Ogeto, Irungu Houghton, John Olukuru, Rev. Kennedy Barasa Simiyu, Linda Musumb and Duncan Ojwang’.
Faith Odhiambo appointed as the Vice-Chair of Protest Victims’ Compensation Committee. Photo: Courtesy.
Others are Naini Lankas, Francis Muraya, Juliet Chepkemei, Pius Metto, Fatuma Kinsi Abass, and Raphael Anampiu.
Richard Barno will also serve as the Technical Lead, assisted by Co-Technical Lead Duncan Okelo Ndeda.
The committee will also have two Joint Secretaries, Jerusah Mwaathime and Raphael Ng’etich.
Overall, the team is expected to develop and implement an operational framework to verify, categorize, and compensate eligible victims of protests, demonstrations and riots.
It will also engage widely with stakeholders, including families of victims, state agencies mandated to address human rights concerns, civil society groups and religious institutions, to ensure fairness and inclusivity in the compensation process.
The panel will also authenticate data on victims from authoritative sources such as the Independent Policing Oversight Authority, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, the National Police Service, the Ministry of Health and civil society organizations.
Where evidence warrants, it may recommend reparations, prosecutions, or other accountability measures to the DPP and oversight bodies.
The committee is also expected to propose legislative and institutional reforms on protests and policing in Kenya.
It will submit periodic progress reports and a final report to the President after completing its work and the panel has powers to access information and records from state organs and public offices.
It can further summon individuals or institutions, request documents, form working groups, co-opt experts, regulate its own procedures, and perform any other necessary functions.
