President William Ruto has sent a message to the family of Margaret Nduta who was sentenced to death in Vietnam for drug trafficking.
Nominated Member of Parliament (MP) Sabina Chege said President William Ruto has intervened to delay the execution.
Nduta’s twin sister, Rosemary Wambui, also said she was informed by Foreign Affairs PS Korir Sing’Oei that President Ruto is involved in the negotiations.
“I received a call from the PS Korir, and he said President Ruto is involved in Nduta’s case,” Wambui said.
Her mother, Purity Wangari, thanked Ruto for his efforts to save Nduta and urged him to ensure she is repatriated.
“I want to thank the President because my daughter has not been killed. I will very happy if she is brought back to Kenya,” she said.
The 37-year-old was spared from execution that was earlier planned for Monday, March 17, 2025.
Nduta’s family said it depends on the government as their last hope to save their kin.
Speaking at their homestead in Murang’a, Chege said the government will give its final position once they complete negotiations.
“Nduta is not going to be hanged, there are a lot of talk going on and the government will give its position very soon once the negotiations are done,” Chege said.
President Ruto has however not publicly commented on the issue.
Mudavadi Comments on Margaret Nduta Execution
Prime Cabinet Secretary and CS for Foreign & Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi said Kenya is engaging Vietnam authority diplomatically in order to secure Nduta’s release and repatriation.
Mudavadi said Foreign Affairs PS Korir Sing’Oei is in contact with his Vietnamese counterpart to consider Kenya’s petition to serve the sentence in Kenya.
“It is unfortunate that a Kenyan is facing this kind of situation. It is not a pleasant situation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in particular my Principal Secretary has been trying to converse with his counterpart in Vietnam to see if there can be some mitigation in this process,” Mudavadi said.
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“We hope there can be some success so that there is no summary execution as we go ahead.”
Mudavadi warned that the government will strive to maintain Kenya’s image as an anti-drugs country.
“Vietnam has got its own judicial processes, and we want to make it clear that we do not want to market Kenya as a conduit for illicit trade with drugs or human trafficking or any other contraband,” he said.
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Other Kenyans Arrested Abroad
Apart from Nduta’s case, Mudavadi said there are about 1000 Kenyans who are serving imprisonment for different crimes in foreign countries.
He said the government is now reviewing and also collecting data on other citizens who have committed crimes outside the country.
He explained that the data will help the government intervene for those affected.
“We’re still counting that out of the Kenyans in the diaspora…we have a total of about 1,000 Kenyans in different countries facing incarceration for different offenses,” Mudavadi said.
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