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I did not intend to kill… I’m banking on you, pleads Kenyan facing execution in Saudi Arabia

Stephen Munyakho

Stephen Munyakho with his brother, Cyprian (left) during annual leave from his work station in Saudi Arabia, with their mother, Dorothy Kweyu.

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By  Daniel Ogetta

Reporter

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Stevo left Kenya for Saudi Arabia in 1996 in search of employment and landed a job as a warehouse manager at a Red Sea tourist resort.
  • But in 2011, he was involved in a physical altercation with a colleague at work, a clash that resulted in the death of the Yemeni citizen.

Each sunrise reminds Stephen Bertrand Munyakho, alias Stevo, that his date with the hangman in Riyadh is inching closer— shadowing his every breath.

On Tuesday morning, his voice cracked as he spoke to his mother, heavy with sorrow and burdened by regret.

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