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Kenyan escapes execution in Saudi Arabia after Sh129.5m payout

A portrait photo of the Stephen Bertrand Munyakho aka Stevo is was jailed in Saudi Arabia. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Stephen Munyakho, a Kenyan who has been on death row in Saudi Arabia for over a decade, is set to return home soon.

This comes after the Muslim World League, a global Islamic organisation, paid the Sh129.5 million required to spare his life.

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