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Senior Counsel Nelson Havi.[File, Standard]
Senior Counsel Nelson Havi has questioned the constitutional basis of a report recommending compensation for victims of police brutality, arguing that the process bypassed established legal mechanisms for determining responsibility and risks shielding perpetrators from accountability.
Speaking after the release of a report by the Kenya Human Rights Commission identifying approximately 1,100 victims eligible for compensation, Havi said while compensating victims whose fundamental rights and freedoms have been violated is supported by the Constitution, the process adopted to identify beneficiaries and determine compensation was flawed.
"The compensation of victims whose fundamental rights and freedoms have been violated is not an enterprise that is objected to by Kenyans. What is objected to is the manner in which this process began,” Havi said.
