Nearly three decades after the devastating 1998 US Embassy bombing in Nairobi, survivors have issued a fresh and urgent Call for Justice, decrying years of poverty, trauma, and government neglect.
The victims, under the banner The Consortium which identifies itself as the only authentic body representing survivors and bereaved families have outlined four key demands to the Kenyan government. Chief among them is a public commitment from President William Ruto to personally address the long-standing compensation issue and to raise it with US officials during the expected visit of the US Vice President later in 2025.
They are also demanding judicial accountability, immediate implementation of the stalled Parliamentary Committee report on compensation, and justice for victims of the recent Gen Z protests, whom they view as sharing in the same pattern of state neglect and unfulfilled promises.
In their statement, The Consortium warned the public against fraudulent groups purporting to represent the bombing victims, saying such entities have been exploiting the tragedy for personal gain while genuine survivors continue to suffer in silence.
The August 7, 1998 attack killed more than 200 people and injured over 5,000 when a truck bomb exploded outside the US Embassy in downtown Nairobi a moment that remains one of Kenya’s darkest chapters. Survivors say that after 27 years of waiting, they want not sympathy but action.
