Families squabble over al-Qaeda bombings payout

More than 25 years after the horrific al-Qaeda bombing of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, litigation in the High Court at Embu, north east of Nairobi, is a reminder that the pain and fallout from the attacks still continues. One of the difficult issues, at least in Kenya, is that many family members of Kenyans who died in the blast, and the thousands of Kenyans injured in the bombings, still complain that they have not been compensated by the US, though they believe they are entitled to ongoing assistance. However, writes Carmel Rickard in her A Matter of Justice column on the Legalbrief site, the families of people who were employed by the US embassy in Nairobi are being compensated, although, as this case illustrates, some relatives are in dispute with each other about who should be paid the funds.