An 80-year-old woman in Turkana on Saturday, May 20, pleaded with President William Ruto to intervene and push for the release of her son who was jailed in the United States.
The 45-year-old man relocated to the United States with his wife, quitting his job as a police officer in Kenya.
According to the family, after a while, he got a job as a security officer and was given a US firearm licence, a move that earned him and his wife permanent residency in the country.
However, the grandma narrated that after a long time without contact with her son, she thought that he had died.
She was later notified that her son had been arrested after his wife called ‘911’ the American Emergency Services one night.
“I thought he was dead. I was informed that he had been arrested. He left his children, they don't even know where their father is,” the grandma stated.
The family narrated that the man and his wife had an argument one night in 2015 and she called police officers who immediately arrested the man.
In 2016, a court in Washington found him guilty of assaulting his wife and misusing a firearm and he was sentenced to 15 years jail term in 2016.
The 80-year-old narrated that their lives had taken an unexpected turn forcing the children the man had left behind, to drop out of school because his son was the breadwinner.
She pleaded with the government to help reunite her with her son fearing that she might not live long enough to see him.
“I am surviving because of the mercy of well-wishers and neighbours. Even his children dropped out of school because he used to send money back home to take care of them.
“They keep asking where their father is but I do not know what to tell them. I am pleading with the government to please help him,” she lamented.
