Margaret Nduta’s twin sister, Wambui Macharia, has strongly denied reports suggesting that the 37-year-old had been arrested abroad before her recent detention in Vietnam.
Speaking to journalists on Saturday, March 22, Wambui clarified that her sister had never traveled outside Kenya before her trip to Vietnam, which was also her first time being arrested on drug-related charges.
Wambui went on to narrate their life journey, explaining that she and Nduta grew up together and attended the same school.
However, they both dropped out in Form Two and later moved to Nairobi in search of employment.
While in Nairobi, the two lived in Ongata Rongai, Kajiado County, where they worked as hairdressers in a salon. Later, they moved to Ruai Estate together.
“We did everything together, from schooling to working, but we eventually separated when Nduta secured a job under the Kazi Mtaani government initiative.
Unfortunately, after she lost that job, she relocated back to Kware in Rongai,” Wambui recalled.
She strongly urged Kenyans, particularly social media users, to stop spreading false information about her sister’s past.
“I want to tell those spreading rumors online that the claims about my sister traveling out of Kenya several times are completely false.
She has never left the country before this trip to Vietnam. She has been living in Ruai all along,” Wambui emphasized.
Her clarification comes a day after Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary (PS), Korir Sing’Oei, confirmed that a team of Kenyan officials based in Bangkok had successfully obtained travel visas and visited Hoi Chin Mihn Prison in Vietnam, where Nduta is currently being held.
According to Korir, the team found Nduta in distress but noted that she was coping with her situation. He also assured that she was being treated humanely.
“I am pleased to update that our team from Bangkok finally secured travel visas and visited Margaret Nduta at Hoi Chin Mihn Prison in Vietnam,” PS Korir announced.
“We can confirm that while she is deeply distressed, she is managing to cope. She has been treated humanely.
Although she was not represented by a lawyer during her trial, an appeal was filed a few days ago, and it will be heard soon,” he added.
Nduta was sentenced to death by lethal injection on March 6 after being found guilty of trafficking two kilograms of cocaine.
Authorities revealed that before her arrest in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, she had managed to pass through three different airports, including one in Qatar.
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