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A Saudi court has handed a Kenyan domestic worker a sentence of 100 lashes and one year of banishment after convicting her of sexual relations outside marriage, following the birth of her son in Riyadh staff accommodation.
Muthoni, a 40-year-old mother of five, was convicted by a criminal court in Riyadh in October 2026, more than a year after she gave birth to her now one-year-old son, Abudy, in August 2025.
She chose not to appeal, telling the New York Times that contesting the ruling would have further delayed her return to Kenya.
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"It is the only way that can take me back home to my children," she said.
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Muthoni had travelled to Saudi Arabia legally through Maharah Human Resources, a Saudi corporation, working as a housekeeper and nanny.
She had a brief relationship with an Egyptian resident, identified in court documents as Mohamud, who had already left the country by the time she gave birth.
