Kenya torture victims get compensation payment

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10721384

By Peter Greste BBC East Africa correspondent
Daniel Arap Moi, pictured in 2002 Daniel Arap Moi has always denied his government condoned torture

Kenyan judges have awarded 21 former political prisoners almost $500,000 (£330,000) between them in compensation for torture they suffered in the 1980s.

They were among hundreds of people who were illegally detained and tortured during the government of President Daniel Arap Moi, who retired in 2002.

Their lawyers, who first brought the case in 1988, said the constitutional court had made a landmark ruling.

The victims had described spending days in waterlogged torture chambers.

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1. Is that going to be enough to pay their medical bills?

Just asking...