Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs Korir Sing’oei has confirmed that he has spoken to Nguyen Minh Hang, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, regarding Margaret Nduta’s execution.
In a statement on Sunday, March 16, 2025, Sing’oei said that Kenya’s request for Vietnam to stay the execution is under consideration.
“Had a telephone conversation this afternoon with my counterpart, H.E. Nguyen Minh Hang, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam over the matter of Margaret Nduta. I conveyed to Madam Hang the anxiety of the Kenyan people on the impending execution of our national and reiterated our request for a stay of execution to allow our two countries find a path to resolving the issue,” Sing’oei stated.
“I am grateful for Madam Hang’s assurance that our Petition is under consideration by her Country’s authorities. In the meantime, our Mission in Bankok is actively following up the case in situ.”
Nduta’s case
Nduta was arrested in July 2023 while travelling to Laos and found with said illicit drugs and convicted on March 6, 2025, for trafficking two kilos of cocaine and is now facing execution scheduled for Sunday, March 16, 2025.
Vietnam has among the world’s toughest narcotics laws, where anyone found guilty of trafficking 100 grams or more of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, or amphetamine faces the death penalty.
Drug trafficking remains widespread, however, with 41,400 suspects arrested in 26,469 cases in 2023, up from 36,000 traffickers and 24,000 cases in 2022, according to data from the Ministry of Public Security.
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