Vietnam reconsidering the execution of Margaret Nduta – Korir Sing’oei reveals after call to the vice minister

The 37 -year -old Kenyan woman’s destiny, Margaret Nduta, who faces the gloomy perspective of execution in Vietnam, could take a last -minute turn as the government makes a new attempt to intervene in its name.

The main secretary of Foreign Affairs, Korir Sing’oei, in a statement issued on Sunday, revealed that he had communicated with the Vietnam Government after the public uproar of the Kenyans so that Nduta was expatriated to Kenya.

The PS revealed that he spoke with Vietnam Foreign Affairs Vice Minister Nguyen Minh Hang who assured him that the matter was under consideration.

According to Sing’oei, Kenia has already presented a request to the The Vietnam government details the anxiety of the Kenyans.

In his request, Kenya urged the Asian nation to maintain the execution of NDUTA to allow both countries to find a solution to the matter.

” I had a telephone conversation this afternoon with my counterpart, he Nguyen Minh Hang, Vietnam’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs about Margaret Nduta’s issue. I transmitted to Madame hanging the anxiety of the people of Kenya in the imminent execution of our national and reiterated our request for an execution suspension to allow our two countries to find a way to solve the problem, ” Sing’oei said.

” I am grateful for Madame Hang’s security that our petition is under consideration for the authorities of his country. Meanwhile, our mission in Bangkok is actively following the case in situ. ”

Nduta faces the penalty of execution in Vietnam after she was sentenced by smuggling of two kilograms of narcotics.

This followed his apprehension in Tân sơn nhất international airport In the city of Ho Chi Minh, which is one of the largest transport centers in the Asian nation.

On Thursday, March 6, the Popular Court of the City of Ho Chi Minh sentenced Nduta to the execution to a measure that reinforced the nation’s hard position on crimes related to narcotics.

According to judicial documents, Nduta allegedly received $ 1,300 (approximately KSH 167,000) to transport smuggling, an accusation that he vehemently denied in the Court, insisting that he thought he was transporting legitimate assets.

It remains to be seen if the government intervention would save Nduta Bear Fruits after a similar attempt that was made to save a Kenyan who had been sentenced to execution in the Middle East.

Stephen Munyakho, also known as Abdulkareem, was convicted of involuntary homicide in October 2011 by a Saudi court, but then delivered the execution sentence in 2014 by a Shariah court for the death of a National Yemeni during a fight.

Previously, in response to an application to repatriate Nduta, the Sing’oei said it was a difficult situation, “the case of Nduta is complex and difficult, but we are doing everything that is available to ensure relief for our national.”