A family from Kangoya village in Kiambu County, has pleaded with the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs to help secure the release of their son from a United Arab Emirates (UAE) jail.
In an interview with NTV, the family claimed that their son, James Kariuki Thiong'o, had been imprisoned in Dubai for electronic fraud committed by an unknown individual using his identity.
Kariuki, now aged 40, left Kenya for Dubai in 2012 to look for work.
He survived on casual work as a security guard for nearly seven years, but returned home in early 2019 after his dreams failed to materialise.
