Veteran journalist pleads with Kenyans to help raise Ksh 100m to save son from death row in Saudi

Veteran journalist Dorothy Kweyu the mother of Stephen Munyakho, who has been tirelessly campaigning to save her son from execution in Saudi Arabia, continues to appeal to Kenyans for help in raising over 100 million shillings. Stephen Munyakho is scheduled to be executed on the 26th of November for the murder of a Yemeni man in 2011. Through a public appeal, the family has raised 11 million shillings so far out of the required 150 million for Munyakho's blood money, known as "Diyah" under Islamic law, which is necessary to secure a pardon from the victim’s family. Munyakho, affectionately known as Stevo, moved to Saudi Arabia in his early 20s and has been held at Shimeisha Prison in Mecca for the last 13 years.