Published on February 13, 2025 by Agencies for Kenya Online News
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Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu has been ordered to pay Sh53.5 million or spend 12 years in prison after being found guilty of corruption-related charges.
His wife Susan Wangari has been ordered to deposit sh 500k or spend one year behind bars.
All convicts were also barred from holding any public office for ten years.
The former county chief and his wife Susan Wangari were on Wednesday found guilty of conflict of interest and dealing with suspect property offences after corruptly receiving millions from Kiambu county through the multi-million roads tender.
Also convicted were the directors of Testimony Enterprises, the firm that was awarded the irregular tender.
They are Charles Chege and Beth Wangeci.
Lucas Wahinya the former county’s road official was also found guilty on the charge of abuse of office.
The case started in 2019 when Waititu and his co-accused were first arraigned in court over the matter.
Five members of the tender evaluation committee who had initially been charged alongside Waititu were however let off the hook after they challenged their prosecution at the High Court.
The case then proceeded with Waititu and the rest.
The first count Waititu faced was conflict of interest.
It was the Prosecutions case that between July 2, 2018, and March 13, 2019, Waititu knowingly acquired an indirect private interest, being the receipt of Sh25,624,500 in respect of payments made to Testimony Enterprises Limited for contracts awarded to the said company by the Kiambu County Government.
In the second count, Waititu faced a charge of dealing with suspect property
The particulars of the offence were that between July 2nd 2018 and March 13, 2019, in Nairobi Waititu and Saika Two Estate Developers Limited, received Sh18,410,50 from Testimony Enterprises Limited, having reason to believe that the said amount was acquired from Kiambu County Government through corrupt conduct.
The third count against Waititu and his wife, Susan Wangari Ndung’u trading as Bienvenne Delta Hotel, was dealing with suspect property.
The two were alleged to have received Sh7,214,000 from Testimony Enterprises Limited while having reason to believe that the said amount was acquired from the Kiambu County Government through corrupt conduct.
