Rights groups say compensating police brutality victims without an apology or prosecutions risks shielding perpetrators and undermining justice.

The government has begun implementing a compensation programme for victims of police brutality and protest-related violence.

Rights groups say compensating police brutality victims without an apology or prosecutions risks shielding perpetrators and undermining justice.

Human rights defenders have accused the government of shielding police officers behind a Sh2bn compensation plan that pays victims without naming their killers.