Raila seeks compensation for youth killed, injured during 2024 protests

During the 62nd Madaraka Day Celebrations at Raila Odinga stadium in Homa Bay, Odinga urged President William Ruto's administration to facilitate the recompensing of the affected families to foster peace in the nation.

He said that the apologies given by political leaders during the National Prayer Breakfast, led by President Ruto, only served as the genesis of making amends with the Kenyan youth and their families.

"It is wonderful as a first step to reconciliation. But then there are people who were injured and others died. I want to say that we should do compensation to families of those who died and those injured so that we can have closure to this chapter of our national history," Odinga noted.

"We want Kenyans to live in peace and unity."

Odinga maintained that Kenya's progress since gaining independence has been anchored on unity, and leadership should remain keen on upholding the same spirit for the nation's posterity.

President Ruto's apology to the youth, who have maintained a sour relationship with his administration since the protests, came as he said that Kenya is on a path of "rising and rebuilding".

"To our children, if there is any misstep, we apologise. We want to build a relationship that will make our country great," Ruto stated.

Assault cases witnessed in the 2024 anti-tax protests have remained unresolved.