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Joy, tears as Stevo reunites with family after death row reprieve

Stephen Munyakho a Kenyan man who was freed from death row in Saudi Arabia prison celebrate his arrival in the country at JKIA on July 29, 2025 with his mother Dorothy Kweyu.[Boniface Okendo, Standard]

It was the tears streaming freely down Stephen 'Stevo' Munyakho's cheeks that said it all.

It was a raw expression of a journey filled with untold pain, endurance, and, finally, liberation.

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