Donde's Daughter Could be Hanged Over Drug Trafficking

The daughter to former Gem Mp, Joe Donde is one of the two Kenyan students arrested in connection with drug trafficking in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and could be hanged if found guilty in accordance with the laws of the East Asian nation.

Malaysian laws set a mandatory death sentence for anyone caught with 200g or more of marijuana. Unconfirmed reports by Malay media indicate that the lass has tested positive for marijuana. Deborah Donde, 18, and two others are now being held in a police cell at the capital city.

In her second year studying architecture at Linkoqueen University in Kuala Lumpur, Deborah and company were arrested on 2.30pm on Saturday by a team of police officers from the anti-narcotics department who now claim they found the youngsters in possession of 4.5 Kg of Marijuana.

Donde’s wife who by Friday was in Kuala Lumpur said they got information about the arrest on Tuesday, soon after the two students were arrested alongside two others— one from Eritrea and the other from Saudi Arabia. But Deborah, the media alleges, has stood her ground that she is innocent and that everything was stage-managed by Malay authorities.

The fate of the teenager could known this evening (Friday) when the Malaysian police are expected to complete their investigations. A charge will be opened against Deborah if found guilty thus pitting her against a death sentence.

According to an interview published by Kenya’s The Standard Newspaper, Donde said he had disclosed the identity of his daughter to assure the country that she was innocent. He said Deborah told her mother how she and other students were shocked to see police carrying out four kilos of the drug, with an estimated street value Kshs140,722.

The former lawmaker defended his daughter against the claims, saying he had known her well and she does not handle drugs as her record at the elite St Austin’s Academy, Nairobi, where she studied together with her sister Eva was free of criminal activities.

Government Spokesman Dr. Alfred Mutua during his weekly press briefing was economical with information touching on Deborah and friends, only saying that the government through the ministry of foreign affairs in liaison with the Kenyan High Commission in Kuala Lumpur would issue a statement later.

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