(PHOTOS) In remembrance of 1998 US Embassy bombing 23 years later

For 23 years now, Kenyans have remembered their loved ones who were killed on August 7, 1998. 

Terrorists attacked the then U.S. Embassy, located at the corner of Moi and Haile Selassie Avenues, with a car bomb.

Over 200 innocent lives were lost due to the blast and 4,000 injured in the  truck bomb blast.

A bomb also went off simultaneously at the US Embassy at Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.

Many are still leaving with the scars till date as others have never come to terms with the terror attack 23 years later.

After the attack, the Seventh Memorial Park was built, a green, unique and serene garden.

It was built as a place where many can visit in remembrance of those lost and injured and to learn more about what transpired that day.

Kenyans on Saturday met at the memorial park as has been the norm over the years.

Covid-19 protocols and guidelines were observed as those who attended practiced social distancing, wearing of masks and washing of hands.

Twenty-two years after they fell victim to a terror attack on the US Embassy in Nairobi, thousands of Kenyans and families of the dead and wounded are still crying for justice.

While American victims and their families have been compensated, Kenyans have not.

Kenyans are bitter. The state hasn't helped them. Good relations with Sudan and Iran appear more important, they say.

The attack has impacted their lives forever. While some lost their loved ones, others were permanently disabled, yet others carry emotional and psychological scars.

Edited by T. Mutinda