Pubdate: Tue, 28 Nov 2006
Source: East African Standard, The (Kenya)
Copyright: 2006 The East African Standard
Contact:  http://www.eastandard.net/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1743

DONDE DAUGHTER RELEASED

Two Kenyan students who had been held in Malaysia on  drug trafficking
allegations have been released.

Former Gem Member of Parliament Mr Joe Donde told  journalists that
his daughter, Deborah Donde, and her  friend, Emily Gathoni, were
released after tests for  marijuana turned negative.

The two had been arrested at the house of a Saudi  Arabian friend, in
which four kilogrammes of marijuana  were found.

On Monday, Foreign Affairs minister Raphael Tuju said  the two
students had tested positive for marijuana and  were facing the death
penalty if found guilty.

Drug traffickers in Malaysia face either death or life  imprisonment
when convicted. So far, Malaysia has  executed 100 culprits, a third
of them foreigners since  1981 when the anti-drugs laws were enacted.

The release of the two comes barely hours after Tuju  announced that
yet another Kenyan, Olivia Munoko had  been jailed for life in China
after she admitted being  in possession of 1.8 killogrammes of heroine.

Munoko was a fourth year Bachelor of Arts student at  the University
of Nairobi.
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