- A video that captured allegations of Margaret Nduta's arrest showed he was worried but was compiled while Vietnam officials inspected the white powder allegedly
- Despite insisting that he did not know the drugs in his load, Vietnam's prosecutors ignored his defense
- His mother expressed his belief in Nduta's innocence and prayed for a miracle before his daughter was reached by the death penalty
Video has emerged when Kenyan citizen Margaret Nduta Macharia was arrested by the Vietnam Authority for drug trafficking.
Source: UGC
The video that is now spreading online shows Nduta looks calm but worried as officials inspect the white dough in plastic bags in front of him.
He was seen trying to cover his face when the authorities were passing through the items in his luggage.
In another part of the video, he was seen holding what appeared to be his passport, with packages containing the drugs arranged in front of him, looking straight at the camera.
He was detained in a room with a poster written in Vietnam Customs Inspection, in Vietnamese.
Why was Margaret Nduta arrested?
Nduta, who is from Murang'a County, was arrested in July 2023 on his way to Vietnam to Laos, a country in southeast Asia, with more than two kilograms of K*Kaine, according to a Vietnam report.
Media reports indicate that he was associated with the business with a man in Kenya, who sent him to hand over a woman to Laos, for a payment of $ 1,300 (approximately Ksh 170,000).
After his arrest, Nduta claimed he was unaware that he was carrying drugs.
He said he agreed to transport the bag in believing it had a valid product.
However, Vietnam's prosecutors dismissed his defense, saying that ignorance was not an excuse, especially since the amount of medicine he carried was so high.
Source: UGC
Was Margaret Nduta hanging?
After being charged, Nduta was found guilty of drug trafficking, an offense related to the death penalty under Vietnam's law.
The country has a strong drug policy, and anyone found guilty of transporting large quantities of drugs is punished for the most penalties: death.
Authorities planned to sentence him to death on March 16 at 2:30 pm, just an hour after his last meal, but it is not yet clear whether the penalty was implemented or not.
Also, no reports indicate that Nduta filed an appeal against the ruling.
Who did the man give Margaret Nduta to transport?
Purity Wangari, his mother Nduta, remembered bitterly their last conversation, saying that his daughter was happy when he left the country.
However, before boarding a plane to Laos, he called and informed him that he had been arrested.
What did her mother Margaret Nduta tell her daughter before she was hanged?
His mother Nduta sent a sad message to her daughter before her death penalty.
Wangari told her daughter that she still sees her as her beloved child, and she was praying for God to take her and defend her, because she believed she was innocent.
He added that he was asking for a miracle to happen so that his daughter would not be hanged and return home safe.
Also, he said he was eagerly waiting for the day he would hug his daughter again when he returned home safely.
What will the Kenyan government do about the Margaret Nduta case?
TUKO.co.ke reported that on Sunday, March 16, Foreign Ministry Secretary Korir Sing'oei issued a statement about the Nduta case.
He said that he spoke to Vietnam's Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Hang, requesting the suspension of the penalty while continuing to look for alternative ways to resolve it.
The secretary also explained that the Kenyan embassy in Thailand was closely monitoring the situation.
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