After a successful appeal, Kenyan national Margaret Nduta Macharia’s death sentence in Vietnam has been commuted to life imprisonment. This decision offers significant relief to her family and supporters who campaigned for her reprieve.

• Nduta, 37, was arrested in July 2023 at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport with two kilograms of cocaine.
• She was originally sentenced to death on March 6, 2025, under Vietnam’s strict anti-drug laws.
• The commutation followed diplomatic efforts by Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs and amendments to Vietnam’s Penal Code, which reduced automatic death penalties for certain drug offenses.