The mother of Margaret Nduta, the Kenyan woman sentenced to death in Vietnam on drug trafficking charges, has made a desperate appeal to President William Ruto, urging further diplomatic intervention to secure her daughter’s release.
Speaking from their home in Murang’a County, Purity Wangari expressed gratitude to the Kenyan government for stepping in at the eleventh hour, delaying Nduta’s execution. However, she admitted that her family is still living in anguish, fearing the uncertainty of her fate.
“I am appealing to President Ruto to continue negotiations with the Vietnamese authorities and explore all possible avenues to bring my daughter back home,” she pleaded.
Nduta, 37, was arrested in July 2023 at Ho Chi Minh City Airport, allegedly smuggling two kilos of cocaine. She was convicted and sentenced to death on March 6, 2025, under Vietnam’s stringent drug laws.
Her family, alongside civil society groups and Kenyan diplomats, have been lobbying for a sentence review or possible repatriation to serve a jail term in Kenya. However, securing clemency remains an uphill battle, as Vietnam has one of the strictest anti-drug laws globally.
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