Last Call of Kenyan Househelp in Saudi Arabia to Family Before Death

The family of a Kenyan househelp in Saudi Arabia, Stella Nafula, is a worried lot following the sudden death of their daughter.

Speaking to the press on Saturday, February 19, the distraught family revealed details of their last phone call with their daughter before she was pronounced dead.

In the call, Nafula sounded distressed and had given up on life thanking her brother for attempting to help her from miles away.”Brother, I do not think I will live to see tomorrow but it is not a problem. Thank you for all you have done for me,” stated Nafula in what would be her last conversation with her family.

Saudi Arabia Capital City, Riyadh.ALJAZEERA

Her mother, Mary Wekesa, revealed that her daughter was taken ill a month after travelling to Saudi Arabia. She arrived in the Middle East in August 2021.

Wekesa disclosed that Nafula’s employer informed her of her daughter’s illness but failed to offer any medical help to her.

The family is now seeking the government’s intervention in bringing back her body noting that their efforts to reach her agent bore no fruit.