Friends, family, and Kenyans in general are praying that Margaret Nduta’s execution, would be postponed and that she will return to her homeland.
On Monday, March 17, the 37-year-old who was detained in Vietnam with two kilograms, of hard drugs was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection.
Rosemary Wambui, Nduta’s twin sister, revealed new information regarding her trip, leaving Kenyans with more questions than answers.
On Monday, March 17, Margaret Nduta’s daughter was scheduled to be executed in Vietnam; her family is still hoping that she will be returned to Kenya. S
After arriving from Qatar, the 37-year-old was taken into custody at Vietnam’s ân Sơn Nhất International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City in July 2023. Her destination was Laos.
Nduta was put in jail and was given a death sentence after her suitcase was found to contain two kilograms of cocaine.
Nduta’s mother claims that Purity Wangari, a guy known as Njoroge, provided her daughter the drug-filled luggage because her own was too tiny and she was unaware of what she was carrying.
On Tuesday, March 18, the relatives of Nduta held prayers at her home in Murang’a county, praying that she might be spared from execution row.
Nduta’s twin sister, Rosemary Wambui, spoke to Citizen TV from their village and revealed new information about her trip that ended in jail.
According to Wambui, her twin was set up. According to Wambui, her sister said she was requested to change her possessions to a new suitcase because her old one was too small, and she didn’t realize it included drugs.
The other two women’s identities and locations are still a mystery. Nduta was convicted of drug trafficking and was set to be executed by lethal injection on Monday; however, she is still alive thanks to government intervention.
President William Ruyo was thanked by Nduta’s mother, for stepping in and postponing her daughter’s execution.
The happy mother expressed optimism and begged the Vietnamese government to send her daughter back to Kenya so she could finish her sentence.
Speaking at Nduta’s payers, MP Sabina Chege disclosed that the government’s intervention had postponed the execution and that negotiations between Kenya and Vietnam were still in progress.
