News Reports Saudi Arabia Postpones Execution of Kenyan Man by Olivia Aniunoh May 14, 2024 Published by Olivia Aniunoh May 14, 2024 0 A Kenyan man due to be executed in Saudi Arabia has had a last-minute reprieve following a large-scale social media campaign. Stephen Munyakho, son of veteran journalist Dorothy Kweyu, received the death penalty in 2011 following a fatal fight with a colleague in the Gulf nation. According to the Bring Back Stevo campaign, run by Munyakho’s supporters, both workers “sustained stab wounds” but only Munyakho survived. Consequently Munyakho was handed the death sentence. Under Saudi law, a death sentence can be lifted if the family agrees to get compensation instead. His family back home in Kenya have been attempting to raise the required blood money, which is three-and-a-half million Saudi riyals ($940,000; £750,000), for the deceased’s family. On Monday, just two days before Munyakho was due to be executed, Kenya’s Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs said Saudi Arabia had “kindly granted” the government’s request to postpone the death in order to allow for “further negotiations between all parties”. Korir Sing’Oei wrote on social media platform X: “As we devise strategies to bring this matter to a more acceptable conclusion, and thereby giving both families the closure they so urgently need and deserve, we shall continue to lean on the warm and solid friendship that we have with our Saudi partners, as well as on the goodwill of all Kenyans.” Source: BBC 0 comments 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Olivia Aniunoh previous post Court Jails Fake BDC Operator In Borno next post Four Dead in Protests Against Flour and Energy Prices You may also like Sudan Army Launches Major Attack on Capital Khartoum September 27, 2024 Israel Attacks School Sheltering Displaced Palestinians in Gaza September 27, 2024 Niger Faces Devastating floods: 11 dead, 529 communities... September 27, 2024 Army Apprehends Wanted Boko Haram Logistics Supplier In... September 27, 2024 Bandit kingpins, Sani Black, Kachalla Makore killed in... September 27, 2024 One Killed, Four Rescued from Kidnappers in Ekiti September 27, 2024 Bayelsa Community Denies Harbouring Militias Youths September 27, 2024 Bayelsa Community Denies Harbouring Militias Youths September 27, 2024 Eight Killed in Imo Inter-cult Clash September 27, 2024 Bandits Behind Kaduna Students’ Abduction Killed in Supremacy... September 25, 2024 Leave a Comment Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.