Some 174 Kenyans who have been stuck in Saudi Arabia since March this year over the Coronavirus pandemic were Wednesday repatriated to Kenya. The Kenyan Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia working with Saudi Airlines repatriated the Kenyans who had been stuck in the foreign country since March. The embassy said the Kenyans left the port city of Jeddah at 7:45am aboard one of the flights. “The Embassy, in conjunction with Saudi Airlines, successfully repatriated 174 Kenyans from Kingdom this morning. In April, a Kenyan died of Covid-19 in Saudi Arabia and according to Kenyan ambassador to Saudi Arabia Peter Ogego, the victim had an underlying medical condition prior to the pandemic.

Source: Standard Digital July 16, 2020 08:03 UTC