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OMWENGA: Matiang’i as president will get payout for victims of US Embassy bombing

Kenya’s victims of ’98 blast not part of US compensation fund but ex-Interior CS met victims’ lawyers, demanded Kenyan government help

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by SAM OMWENGA

Columnists10 August 2025 - 11:00
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Former Interior CS Fred Matiang'i / FILE 

On August 7, we mark 27 years since the 1998 bombing of the United States Embassy in Nairobi, a devastating terrorist attack that killed 213 Kenyans and injured about 5,000 more. A lawsuit in the US for compensation was filed by 351 victims.

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