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Mother of Margaret Nduta Macharia, the 37 year-old Kenyan woman who has been sentenced to death in Vietnam for smuggling drugs, says she wants to see her daughter before she is executed.
According to court proceedings, Macharia Margaret was hired in July 2023 by a fellow Kenyan to transport a suitcase to Laos, a country in Asia which contained 2kgs of cocaine.
Nduta was on March 6 sentenced to death in Vietnam, for drug trafficking.
Her mother Purity Wangui says, " I am waiting for some family members to volunteer to accompany me there. ...I must see her before they hang her."
Vietnam region is the second largest drug producing area in the world..
In the country, anyone found guilty of possessing or smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin or cocaine faces death penalty.
According to Vietnam media outlets, Nduta will take her last meal at 7:30 and after which she will be hanged at 8:30 tomorrow in Vietnam, this will be on Monday EAT.
How can this lady be helped by the Kenyan government.