Stephen Munyakho has escaped death in Saudi Arabia and is set to return to Kenya after President William Ruto's intervention.

According to Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, President Ruto spoke directly to the supreme ruler of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, to request a delay in Munyakho's planned execution as Kenya pursued the matter diplomatically. "Immediately, when he was given a death sentence, Dr.

Mudavadi officially wrote to the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, intervening on behalf of Mr.

Munyakho, and the execution was deferred," he said in a statement on Monday. "PCS thanked H.E.