Murang’a family wants gov’t to intervene after Vietnam sentences daughter to death for cocaine trafficking
Purity Wangari, the mother of Margaret Nduta Macharia, who was sentenced to death in Vietnam for drug trafficking, speaks to journalists at their home in Karikwe village in Kiharu, Murang’a County.
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A family in Karikwe village in Kiharu, Murang’a
County, is pleading with the Kenyan government to intervene after their
daughter, Margaret Nduta Macharia, was sentenced to death in Vietnam for drug
trafficking.
The 37-year-old was convicted by the
people's court in Ho Chi Minh City on March 6 after being found guilty of
smuggling over two kilograms of cocaine.
While Nduta was arrested in July 2023 while
in transit to Laos, her family says she learnt about her arrest and sentencing
through the internet on March 8.
“It was the first time my daughter was
travelling overseas searching for greener pastures. I plead with the authorities
to help bring her home, even if it means serving her sentence locally,” Wangari
said.
“She was given the luggage which got her
arrested by a Kenyan man to take it to a woman abroad.”
The family hopes Nduta can serve her
sentence in Kenya to avoid execution in Vietnam in case of a diplomatic
intervention.
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