Margaret Nduta Macharia
Margaret Nduta Macharia is a 37-year-old Kenyan national who has gained international attention due to her scheduled execution in Vietnam for drug trafficking. Arrested at Ho Chi Minh City's airport in July 2023, she was found with over two kilograms of cocaine hidden in her luggage after traveling through multiple countries. Despite claiming to have been unaware of the suitcase's contents and alleging that she was hired by a man named John to transport the drugs, she was convicted and sentenced to death on March 6, 2025, under Vietnam's strict anti-drug laws.
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Recent news mentions
Margaret Nduta Macharia's death sentence in Vietnam was commuted to life imprisonment following diplomatic intervention by Kenya.
Margaret Nduta's death sentence reduced to life imprisonment in Vietnam
Kenya· 2025-07-31
Margaret Nduta Macharia, the Kenyan who had been sentenced to death in Vietnam will live, after the Supreme Court sitting in Hoh Chi Minh City commuted the penalty to life in jail.
Kenyan woman's death penalty commuted to life sentence in Vietnam
Tanzania· 2025-07-31Margaret Nduta Macharia faces the death sentence in Vietnam after being found guilty of trafficking more than two kilograms of cocaine.
Police arrest another woman ferrying cocaine in MoyaleKenya· 2025-04-22
Margaret Nduta Macharia faces death by lethal injection in Vietnam after being convicted of drug trafficking.
Nduta and many women are mere mules in drug trafficking networkKenya· 2025-03-29Margaret Nduta Macharia was arrested in July, 2023 for smuggling more than two kilogrammes of cocaine within her luggage while on her way from Kenya to Laos.
Justice system should priotise rehabilitation, not punishmentKenya· 2025-03-17
Margaret Nduta Macharia faces execution in Vietnam after being sentenced to death for drug trafficking.
Margaret Nduta: She left for work but now faces executionKenya· 2025-03-17
Margaret Nduta Macharia is a Kenyan woman sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Vietnam.
Kenya pleads for mercy as Margaret Nduta set for execution in VietnamKenya· 2025-03-16
Margaret Nduta Macharia is scheduled to be executed in Vietnam tomorrow following her conviction for drug trafficking.
Kenyan woman arrested for drug trafficking in Vietnam to be executed tomorrowTanzania· 2025-03-16
