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Ex-officer awarded Sh20m for unlawful detention, torture over foiled 1982 coup

Major Rt.Francis Matu was awarded Sh20 million as compensation for unlawful detention and torture over the 1982 attempted coup. [File,Standard]

The Appellate Court has awarded a former Kenya Air Force officer Sh20 million as compensation for unlawful detention and torture over the 1982 attempted coup

The court dismissed an appeal by the government and ordered it to pay Francis Matu. Justices Francis Tuiyot, Aggrey Muchelule and George Odunga, while dismissing the appeal noted that the Sh3 million award to Matu by the Employment and Labour Relations court in October 2018 was inordinately low.

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