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Stephen Munyakho, who had been living in Saudi Arabia since 1996, was sentenced to death after a deadly fight with a Yemeni colleague in April 2011.
Mudavadi said his ministry will continue to handle similar cases with urgency, as many Kenyans abroad are facing legal and humanitarian challenges. He...
Munyakho explained that although he was originally sentenced to five years and expected to be freed in 2016, his situation changed drastically when Ha...
Munyakho regretted that the death of his Yemeni colleague, Abdul Halim, was not intentional, describing it as a misunderstanding that spiralled out of...
His return marked the end of a harrowing chapter that began in 2011 when he was convicted of murder and sentenced to death by the sword after a fatal...
His execution, initially handed down last year, was halted after the family of the deceased accepted diyya, blood money, amounting to approximately Sh...
President Ruto spoke directly with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, urging for clemency and a delay in execution.
Munyakho’s release brings to an end a long and difficult chapter that began in 2011 when he was convicted following a fatal altercation with a colleag...
In a statement released on, Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’oei confirmed that Munyakho was released at 10 am and is no longer on death...
The committee ‘Save Stevo Campaign, ’ noted that Saudi authorities had assured it that the Muslim World League had cleared the remaining balance of th...
SUPKEM National Chairman, Al-Haji Hassan Ole Naado revealed that the Muslim World League made the payment a month ago.
However, in a statement released on Wednesday, the group acknowledged media reports indicating that a benefactor had cleared the remaining 2.9 million...
The amount was paid by the Muslim World League, whose Secretary-General is Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa.
Munyakho has been on death row in Saudi Arabia for over a decade after being convicted of killing a Yemeni national, Abdul Halim Mujahid Makrad Saleh.
Munyakho's execution was to take place on May 15 but was postponed following the government's intervention.
Munyakho has been in custody for 13 years since April 9, 2011, in Shimeisi Prison in the Governorate of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Mudavadi informed parliamentarians that unless a fund of that nature was established by parliament, Nairobi's only recourse was diplomatic interventio...
Sing'oei said that the government would engage stakeholders, including religious leaders, in Nairobi and Riyadh on how the matter could be concluded.
