A former aide to founding Vice President the late Jaramogi Oginga Odinga was on Friday compensated for wrongful detention during retired President Daniel Moi's regime.
James Odwra Ojijo was reportedly nabbed over allegations of belonging to an outlawed anti-government group named Mwakenya in 1987.
The latter was then detained for 73 days before arraignment, before being presented in court and handed a 5-year jail term.
According to court papers, he would later die five years after completing his jail term.
Acting on a court application by his family members, High Court Judge Fred Ochieng' awarded the departed a 2 million shilling compensation for the prolonged pre-arraignment detention.
However, he threw out the family's push for more compensation on grounds that the Ojijo was also tortured in the infamous Nyayo torture chambers in Nairobi.
The family claimed that the deceased died as a result of the complications emanating from the alleged torture, claims the judge rejected over lack of evidence.
The judge said that the family did not provide the court with proof of the same, reports the Citizen Digital.
Welcoming the ruling, Ojijo's son James Odera Ojijo lamented that the amount awarded is insufficient as compared to the damage done.