The Attorney General, Hon. Justin Muturi together with his counterparts CS Ministry of Interior and National Coordination and CS Ministry of Tourism have been taken to court by the survivors and Victims of the infamous Nyayo Torture Chambers during the Moi era.
In the petition, Bernard Wachira Waheire, Florence Nyaguthi Murage, Joseph Kamonye Manje, Prof. Ngotho Kariuki, Kenya Human Rights Commission and the Law Society of Kenya moved to court on behalf of the Nyayo Torture Chambers Victims in support of findings by the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) report that the Nyayo Torture Chambers be converted into a National monument for prosperity.
According to the petitioners, despite various state commitments on the TJRC’s report, the Attorney General and the named Cabinet Secretaries have failed/ neglected to effect the recommendation or actualize their commitments to the detriment of the Petitioners, other victims/ survivors (or their estates) and to the detriment of the nation’s heritage and history.
The petitioners avers that the AG failed to honor their rights, and on the basis of the impugned Legal Notice No. 11. of 1991, refused to convert the Nyayo Torture Chambers into a National Monument.
They informs Court that It is now 13 years since the TJRC Recommendations were made and no action has been taken to effect the recommendation in question despite it having a 1- year timeframe for implementation.
They argue that Without the expedited process of the Court, the Petitioners and any other victim/ survivor of the Nyayo Torture Chambers will continue to be deprived of their rights to reparation and restorative justice; contrary to the United Nations Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law.
