The mother of 37-year-old Margaret Nduta is desperately pleading for a final chance to see her daughter before her death sentence is carried out in Vietnam.
In an emotional interview, Purity Wangui expressed her intense desire to see Margaret one last time before she is executed for drug trafficking.
Wangui revealed that she would even walk to Vietnam if it meant she could hold her daughter one final time.
A neighbor informed her that the distance from Murang’a, Kenya, to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is over 8,100 kilometers. Wangui, however, is undeterred.
“I must see her before they hang her. I don’t care how long it takes.
I just need to look her in the eyes and hear her voice one last time,” she said.
Wangui spoke of the deep bond she shares with her daughter: “What is the distance from my womb to the mother? I have carried her for a lifetime, and now they want to take her away.”
With no means to finance the journey, Wangui is now calling on the Kenyan government to step in.
Through Murang’a Senator Joe Nyutu, she has appealed to President William Ruto to intervene and negotiate for Margaret’s return, even if it means she must serve a life sentence in Kenya instead of facing execution in Vietnam.
Additionally, a relative, Alex Murumba, has called for immediate action from the Kenyan government, specifically urging Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi to help.
“We know Nduta as a straightforward woman. She only left Kenya in 2023 to seek better opportunities.
How could she suddenly be involved in drug trafficking?” he questioned.
Margaret Nduta was arrested in July 2023 while transiting through Vietnam on her way to Laos.
On March 6, 2025, a Vietnamese court convicted her of smuggling two kilograms of cocaine, valued at approximately sh27 million on the international market, and sentenced her to death by lethal injection.
However, her family firmly believes she was either framed or unknowingly found herself in the wrong situation. “My daughter was raised in the church.
She is God-fearing and disciplined. How did she get mixed up in this?” her mother questioned.
In her defense, Nduta claims she was hired by a Kenyan man named John to deliver a suitcase to a woman at the airport, where she was supposed to receive a parcel to return to John.
She was paid sh167,000 in advance, and all her travel expenses were covered.
Prosecutors, however, argue that Nduta’s story is a cover-up, and she must take responsibility for her actions.
Vietnam has some of the strictest drug laws globally, with anyone caught carrying over 600 grams of heroin or cocaine, or more than 2.5 kilos of methamphetamine, facing the death penalty.
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