Relief As Margaret Nduta’s Sentence In Vietnam Is Reviewed

Relief As Margaret Nduta’s Sentence In Vietnam Is Reviewed

The Kenya Times ~ Trending, Breaking News and Videos Relief as Margaret Nduta’s Sentence in Vietnam is Reviewed The Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs has issued an update regarding Kenyan national Margaret Nduta, who was facing execution in Vietnam. In a statement dated July 31, 2025, the Ministry confirmed that the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam has commuted her death sentence to life imprisonment. “The Ministry of Foreign and Diaspor…

Margaret Nduta's death sentence commuted to life

Vietnam’s Supreme People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City on July 31, 2025 commuted the death sentence of 37-year-old Kenyan national Margaret Nduta Macharia to life imprisonment. Nduta had been convicted in March 2025 of trafficking more than two kilograms of cocaine after Vietnamese authorities discovered the drugs hidden in a false compartment of her suitcase at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport while she was in transit between Ethiopia and Laos.…