New evidence emerges for Kenyan embassy employee detained in Saudi Arabia
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kenyans.co.ke
The family of Kevin Mugambi, an employee of the Kenyan embassy in Riyadh, has presented new evidence, including alcohol purchase receipts involving two diplomats, to challenge his three-year prison sentence in Saudi Arabia. The Kenyan ambassador allegedly refused to provide a letter of support, leaving the employee to take sole responsibility for the transport, according to relatives cited by Kenyans.co.ke.
The family of Kevin Mugambi, a Kenyan employee of the Kenyan embassy in Riyadh, says it has new evidence that could challenge his three-year prison sentence in Saudi Arabia for transporting alcohol. His relatives maintain that the drinks belonged to two Kenyan diplomats who had bought them before handing them to Mugambi, Kenyans.co.ke reports.
The evidence presented includes receipts showing that the two diplomats allegedly bought the alcohol on the day of the incident, surveillance footage showing the purchase and handover of the drinks, and an audio recording in which the two officials allegedly admitted to Mugambi’s wife that the alcohol belonged to them, according to his relatives cited by Kenyans.co.ke.
The family says Mugambi, a junior employee in the embassy’s labour department, did not benefit from the diplomatic privileges granted to the two officials for the purchase and consumption of alcohol. It is asking Kenyan Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs Korir Sing’Oei to intervene to examine the circumstances of the conviction and secure diplomatic assistance for Mugambi, who is serving his first year of detention in Saudi Arabia, according to Kenyans.co.ke.
