Compensate Mpeketoni victims, Lamu leaders to gov’t

The government has been urged to compensate victims of the Mpeketoni attack that killed 68 people last year.

Lamu County Deputy Governor Eric Mugo said that the budget allocated to Lamu County is not enough to cover the compensation of the attack victims as well as carry out development projects.

“Currently, Lamu is among the counties that receive the least amount of money in the county allocations and it is difficult to implement development projects and also compensate victims of Mpeketoni attack,” he said.

The national government should compensate those who lost property like cars and houses in the attack and support those who lost their loved ones as well.”

Mugo also asked organisations that had pledged to support the victims restart their lives to do so.

“The government and other non-profit organisations had promised to help the victims get back to their feet by supporting them and building houses for those whose houses were torched in the attacks,” he said.

“We urge those who pledged to support the victims in one way or the other to do so.”

The deputy governor further urged the government to maintain police presence in the region so us to ensure security.

“The government should maintain police presence in the entire Lamu County and ensure officers are well equipped to deal with and terrorist attacks,” he noted.

Mugo was speaking during a press briefing ahead of Sunday’s memorial service in honour of those who died in Mpeketoni attacks last year.