By Our Reporter
WORLD
Vietnam is due to execute a Kenyan woman who was arrested in 2023 with 2kgs of hard drugs.
Margaret Nduta’s fate seems to have been sealed after Vietnam replied to Kenyan government’s request to have Nduta deported to serve a life sentence in Kenya, saying she has to face her sentence.
“We understand that you sympathise with your citizen, our stand and laws on drugs and corruption are severe. They apply fully to everyone who breaks them, including our own Vietnamese. As a leader of Vietnam, I don’t interfere when courts sentence even Vietnam drug dealers. It’s not a matter of citizenship but it’s a matter of the killer substances you are bringing to our children.” Reads a statement attributed to a highly placed Vietnamese official.
“Again, how many Vietnamese arrested by Kenya have you pardoned? “ Continues the hard hitting statement.
In a last-minute intervention, Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary, Korir Sing’oei, had said efforts weree being made to save the life of Nduta Macharia, a Kenyan national facing execution in Vietnam after the appeal deadline lapsed on March 12th 2025.
