{"id":67444,"date":"2022-09-06T15:28:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T15:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyan-girl-diana-chepkemoi-returns-from-saudi-arabia"},"modified":"2022-09-06T15:43:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T15:43:47","slug":"kenyan-girl-diana-chepkemoi-returns-from-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyan-girl-diana-chepkemoi-returns-from-saudi-arabia","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan girl Diana Chepkemoi returns from Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Diana Chepkemoi who was stranded in Saudi Arabia is back in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Chepkemoi caught the attention of Kenyans after photos of her looking emaciated surfaced on social media<\/p>\n<p>Her family, led by her mother, had appealed for assistance from the government to bring her back home.<\/p>\n<p>Kenyans over the weekend also took to social media to demand her release.<\/p>\n<p>When she landed at JKIA, Diana said she left Kenya for Saudi Arabia with the hope she&#8217;ll make it in life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are suffering in Saudi Arabia, my friends are suffering there, I am glad I got support when I came out,\u201d she said while holding back her tears.<\/p>\n<p>She pleaded with the government to do something about people working in Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are tortured psychologically, physically and it is not fair, it is a shame being told there is nothing you can do about it,\u201d Chepkemoi said.<\/p>\n<p>Her mother, Clara Cherotich, said her daughter went to Saudi Arabia in May after failing to raise school fees.<\/p>\n<p>Chepkemoi was pursuing food science and management at Meru University before she deferred her studies.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on its Twitter handle, the Saudi Embassy in Nairobi said Sunday, that Chepkemoi suffers from &#8220;a normal health condition&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn reference to what was circulated on social media regarding allegations of mistreatment of a Kenyan woman residing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Embassy would like to clarify the woman was not subjected to any kind of ill-treatment,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. 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