A petition has been filed at the Milimani Law Courts seeking compensation from the Kenyan government over the August 7, 1998 US embassy bombing.
The petitioners include a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) named Legal Advice Centre (Kituo cha Sheria) and five others.
They claim that as a result of the attack, they lost loved ones and some suffered serious injuries, and that their lives have never been the same since, as they undergo pain, sadness, anger, stress, and trauma.
They also argue that, while the US sought compensation from Al-Qaeda assets and the BNP bank for its citizens, the government of Kenya has been unwilling to pursue compensation for its citizens leaving them dissatisfied.
“While some of the victims including the United State Government employees killed or injured in the August 7 attack have been compensated and awarded, we have been excluded from the compensation on grounds that we’re neither American citizens, employees or contractors,” read court documents.
According to the petitioners, the State was negligent and failed to prevent the smuggling of money into Al-Qaeda cells within the country, which they say was later used to finance the attack.
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