Veteran politician Koigi Wa Wamwere has written a letter to Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich regarding his (Koigi) delayed torture compensation funds.
In a letter dated March 19, the former Subukia MP sought to know why he has not been paid his compensation funds amounting to Sh154 million awarded by the court in 2012.
The former political detainee enjoined fellow torture victims in the letter, saying that they urgently need the money to cater for their medical expenses.
"We wish to complain that your office has not given priority to payment of our decretal sums awarded in court from 2012 to 2018,” read the letter in part.
The former Nakuru senatorial aspirant on a Jubilee Party ticket said that they are perturbed that the government has been moving with haste to settle foreign matters while its subjects are being forgotten.
"The priority for payments should be to us citizens, not foreigners,” he added in the letter that was seen by the Standard.
Upon losing to sitting Senator Susan Kihika in the 2017 Jubilee primaries, Wamwere crossed over to the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) led by Raila Odinga.
His defiance and rebellion to retired President Daniel Moi in the 90s repeatedly landed him in jail and exile, making him one of the most popular political detainees in the country.