Veteran politician Kenneth Matiba has gone back to court seeking Sh234 million being the cost of the compensation suit he filed against the state.
His lawyer John Mburu filed the bill of court on Wednesday saying its the money he spent since the case began in August 2013.
This was when he instructed and notified the state of Matiba’s intention to institute legal proceedings.
In August, Supreme Court Judge Isaac Lenaola awarded Matiba, 85, more than Sh1 billion.
This was for compensation for his detention and the inhumane treatment he underwent at the hands of security agents.
Lenaola handled the case when he was still a High Court judge.
He said no compensation could return Matiba to the healthy state he was in before his detention, but added justice is expensive.
Matiba suffered a serious stroke on May 26, 1991, but remained in detention without medication for a week.
He was arrested during the clamour for multiparty democracy at the height of the Daniel Moi regime’s purge on dissent.
Lenaola said Matiba proved great violations were meted out to him by state agents before he was released on June 4, 1991.
Matiba's case will be heard on Wednesday next week.
This story was updated