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A Kenyan who is expected to be hanged in Saudi Arabia has received a last-minute reprieve following a massive social media campaign.
Stephen Munyakho, son of veteran journalist Dorothy Kweyu, was sentenced to death in 2011 following a violent fight with his colleague in the Gulf nation.
According to the Bring Back Stevo campaign, run by Munyakho’s supporters, all the workers “suffered stab wounds” but only Munyakho survived.
Therefore, Munyakho, was sentenced to death.
Under Saudi law, the death sentence can be commuted if the family agrees to pay compensation instead.
His family in Kenya has been trying to find the necessary money, which is three and a half million Saudi riyals (940,000 dollars), for the family of the deceased, to save Munyakho.
On Monday, just two days before Munyakho’s execution, Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Secretary said Saudi Arabia had “accepted” the government’s request to postpone the execution to allow for “further dialogue between all parties”.
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Korir Sing’Oei wrote on social media platform X: “As we strategize to bring this matter to a more acceptable conclusion, thereby giving both families the end they need and deserve, we will continue to lean firmly on the friendship we have with our Saudi partners, and also for the goodwill of all Kenyans.”
