Posted on 04/28/2023 12:03:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
-Paulina Wanjiru Ndung’u is serving a 17-year sentence at Marazi Prison in Saudi Arabia for alleged black magic and trying to poison her boss
-It is a development that has left the family devastated as efforts to get in-depth details on the case have been futile
-Wanjiru's family is requesting for pro bono legal services to help the 45-year-old secure her release before she rots away in the prisonc/
Paulina Wanjiru Ndung’u may rot at Marazi Prison in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the next 17 years if help does not come her way. Read more: https://www.tuko.co.ke/people/family/503796-saudi-chronicles-sad-story-kenyan-woman-jailed-17-years-allegedly-practising-black-magic/
A court sentenced the woman from Gilgil to time behind bars after she was accused of practising black magic.
According to the Daily Nation, her case is difficult because black magic is frowned upon in the country which adheres strictly to the doctrines of Islam.
As a matter of fact, it is a crime to publicly observe any other religion besides Islam in the Arab country.
family's frustrations stem from the fact that they are yet to see the court documents through which their kin was thrown behind bars.
It is a development that not only tore the family but also shattered her mother who soon developed health complications.
“Since the jailing of my older sister, my mother’s life has never been the same. She is now on anti-depressants and suffers from high blood pressure,”
Wanjiru's sister Wairimu said. The sad sister disclosed that everything started in December 2017 when Wanjiru relocated to the Middle East in search of greener pastures.
The 45-year-old hoped to work as a domestic worker and send some money home to help her mother and six siblings.
Despite being warned about the struggles some Kenyan women go through in Saudi, Wanjiru was determined to try her luck.
Things seemed to be going as per plan when she came back to Kenya in 2019 and informed the family that she was not only comfortable but her employer owed her KSh 500,000.
The allure of the owed money, coupled by her desire to achieve her dreams made Wanjiru return to the Gulf in what would be a regrettable move.
As it turned out, she was sentenced to prison in 2019 after being accused of trying to poison her employer's food.
The family, however, does not have sufficient details as the case was brought to their attention by Wanjiru's friend Susan Njoki Njoroge who bumped into her in prison.
After learning that their kin is suffering mental anguish and has high blood pressure, they have been trying to secure her release in vain.
The distressed family is appealing for help with legal representation as they are optimistic there is potential of securing her release. Read more: https://www.tuko.co.ke/people/family/503796-saudi-chronicles-sad-story-kenyan-woman-jailed-17-years-allegedly-practising-black-magic/
DH refuses to even consider Saudi Arabia. He was stationed there once. And that was enough.
BTW if your employer owes you a great deal of money and they live in a foreign land either write it off or try to get it without every putting a foot in their territory.
It's a trap.
She’s guilty! She turned me into a newt!
Well, playing with the occult does have serious consequences! We human beings aren’t meant to practice magic!
Her 17 years is not in accordance with Isamic law...which requires the death penalty.
I’m actually curious about the specifics, here. “Black” magic usually means magic done to deliberately harm someone. If I hold a gun to your head and tell you to give me all of your money, is it any less a crime if there are no bullets in the gun? Are you any less threatened? If the victim “should have” known better, is he any less threatened?
This one is more of a real question, rather than a rhetorical one: if someone slips harmless sugar into your water BELIEVING it to be rat poison, has that person committed a crime?
It doesn’t matter that that black magic spells aren’t real. That stuff is bad for any culture seeking peace and prosperity, although the sentence does seem extreme.
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