Ferdinand Waititu Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison
Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu was on Thursday sentenced to 12 years in prison or pay a fine of Ksh53.5 million.
Waititu was sentenced to serve 5 years in jail or pay a fine of Ksh2.5 million. Additionally, the court posed a mandatory fine of Ksh51 million in default to serve another 7 years in prison after he was convicted for irregularly awarding tenders in Kiambu County in February 2018 during his tenure as the County boss.
Milimani Anti-Corruption Court Chief Magistrate Thomas Nzioki also directed that Waititu’s wife Susan Wangare pay a fine of Ksh500,000 or serve a sentence of one year in prison. However, the magistrate directed that the terms will run concurrently.
Further, the magistrate found that the conduct of Waititu could not be forgiven since his acts undermined the tenets of good governance.
”This case is a typical example of a breach of public trust by the former Governor and the co-accused. The offending acts of the accused persons were deliberate, inexcusable, and undermine the tenants of good governance,” Nzioka stated.
”In this case, the conduct of the accused persons shows that they derived benefits from their criminal actions. Their common motive was enrichment from public funds at the expense of service delivery to the people,” Nzioka ruled.
