Kenyan Mother Begs to See Daughter Before She is Executed in Vietnam

The mother of 37-year-old Margaret Nduta, is begging to see her one last time after she was sentenced to death in Vietnam.

Speaking during an interview, Purity Wangui said that she was desperate to see her daughter one last time before she is executed for drug trafficking.

According to her, she would even walk to Vietnam if that is what it takes. A neighbor has since informed Wangui that the journey from Murang’a to Ho Chi Minh City is over 8,100 kilometers.

“I must see her before they hang her. I don’t care how long it takes. I just need to look her in the eyes and hear her voice one last time,

“What is the distance from my womb to the mother? I have carried her for a lifetime, and now they want to take her away,” Wangui told Nation. 

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Margaret Nduta’s Mother Pleads for Help

With no financial means to travel, Wangui is pleading for the Kenyan government to intervene.

Through Murang’a Senator Joe Nyutu, she has begged President William Ruto to negotiate for her daughter’s return, even if it means serving a life sentence in Kenya instead.

At the same time, another relative, Alex Murumba has asked Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi to take immediate action.

“We know Nduta as a straightforward woman. She only left Kenya in 2023 to seek better opportunities. How could she suddenly be a drug trafficker?” he questioned.

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The Arrest of Nduta in Vietnam

Nduta was arrested in July 2023 as she was passing through Vietnam on her way to Laos.

On March 6, 2025, a Vietnamese court found her guilty of smuggling two kilos of cocaine valued at about Ksh27 million in the international market and sentenced her to death by lethal injection.

However, her family insists that she was either framed or unknowingly fell into the wrong company.

“My daughter was raised in the church. She is God-fearing and disciplined. How did she get mixed up in this?” questioned the mother. 

In her defense, Nduta said that she was hired by a man known as John from Kenya to deliver a suitcase to a woman who was supposed to meet her at the airport.

She was then supposed to receive a parcel that she would take back to John. She received Ksh167,000 as an advance pay and all her flight tickets were fully paid. 

However, prosecutors argued that Nduta’s statement was an attempt to cover up her crime, and she must take responsibility for transporting the drugs.

Vietnam has some of the strictest drug laws in the world. Anyone caught with more than 600 grams of heroin or cocaine, or more than 2.5 kilos of methamphetamines faces the death penalty.

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