89 Kenyans die in Saudi Arabia from ‘cardiac arrest’

Saudi Arabia ambulances

Saudi Arabia ambulances transport patients. PHOTO | FILE | NMG 

Eighty-nine Kenyans, majority of them domestic workers, have died in the past two years in Saudi Arabia where authorities reported the cause of death as “cardiac arrest”.

A report submitted to the National Assembly by Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Kamau Macharia adds a new dimension to cases of abuse of Kenyans working in Saudi Arabia that have in the past prompted the government to ban its citizens from seeking work in the country.