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Mudavadi: 1,000 Kenyans are in jail abroad

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and Netherlands Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp after addressing the media on the relationship between the two countries at Serena hotel, Nairobi, on March 19, 2025. [Jenipher Wachie, Standard]

At least 1,000 Kenyans are behind bars abroad over various offences, it has emerged.

The revelation comes against the backdrop of the recent case of Margaret Nduta, who has been sentenced to death in Vietnam for drug trafficking.

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