Family of jailed man seeks help

The parents of Antony Keya Munialo, one of the Kenyans jailed for life in South Sudan, recollect their time with him. The government will start negotiations for an extradition agreement with South Sudan to relocate four Kenyans. PHOTO | WILLIAM OERI | NATION MEDIA GROUP

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  • After fighting the conviction for almost a year now, the family has turned to President Uhuru Kenyatta to help secure their release.

The family of one of the four Kenyans jailed for life in South Sudan has petitioned the government to intervene and have them extradited to stand trial at home.

The family is also protesting against the heavy sentence handed by a high court in Juba last week, saying their kin and colleagues were not given fair hearing.

“It is our opinion that they have never been accorded fair trial and never been investigated at all. The only thing they have been doing is appearing in court and that’s it,” Ms Esther Osanya, the wife of one of the convicts, Mr Antony Keya Munialo, a graphic designer, told the Nation on Friday.

After fighting the conviction for almost a year now, the family has turned to President Uhuru Kenyatta to help secure their release.

Mrs Terry Munialo, 62, a retired teacher, said the news of her son being jailed for life in a foreign country made her health situation worsen.

Her husband, Mr Jacob Munialo, 66, and also Keya’s father, pleaded with the government to intervene and help their son and his friends.