'I never meant for him to die': Munyakho recalls salary fight that put him on death sentence

Stephen Munyakho is recieved by his mother Dorothy at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on on Tuesday. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Stephen Munyakho, a Kenyan man recently freed from death row in Saudi Arabia, has broken his silence on the 2011 incident that led to his imprisonment, describing the fatal fight with his Yemeni colleague as unintentional and deeply traumatising.

Speaking to Citizen TV a day after arriving in Nairobi, Munyakho explained that the confrontation, which took place on April 9, 2011, began as a salary-related disagreement that quickly spiralled out of control.