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Stevo walks free and comes home, ending his mother's 15-year vigil

Dorothy Kweyu, mother to Stephen Munyakho, who was released from Saudi Arabia  and is expected to return to Kenya soon. [David Gichuru, Standard]

For 15 years, Dorothy Kweyu, a veteran journalist, has measured time not in months or years, but in the quiet aches of absences. 

Absence at birthdays and burials. Absence at the dinner table. Absence in family photos: There is always one empty chair—reserved in spirit for her son, Stephen Munyakho, also known as Stevo.

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