A team of representatives from Kenya's embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, has reportedly travelled to Hanoi, Vietnam, in a last-minute effort to save Margaret Nduta from a looming execution.

Nduta was sentenced to death by a Vietnamese court after being found guilty of drug trafficking and was set to be executed yesterday evening.

According to Citizen TV, Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing'Oei revealed on Monday, March 17, that Kenya's ambassadors from Thailand had travelled to Vietnam to negotiate clemency for the 37-year-old.

Sing'Oei noted that Kenya's representatives in Thailand would also negotiate a stay of Nduta's execution to allow further engagement between Kenya and the Vietnamese government.