Waititu apologises in court and asks for a lighter sentence in Sh588 million roads tender case
Chief Magistrate Harrison Barasa will sentence the former Kiambu governor, his wife and their co-accused on 2 November.
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The Judiciary building in central Nairobi. File photo, 2025. Photo: Francis Akuka for the Wikimedia Foundation / Wikimedia Commons, CC0, cropped
Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu apologised to the Anti-Corruption Court in Nairobi on Tuesday and asked for a lenient sentence in the Sh588 million Kiambu roads tender case. Chief Magistrate Harrison Barasa said he will deliver the sentence on 2 November.
Waititu told the court that he and his wife, Susan Wangari Ndung'u, who was convicted with him, are first offenders. His lawyers said a state audit had found that no public money was lost, and that he has filed a notice of appeal at the Court of Appeal. State prosecutor Vincent Monda asked the court to jail each of the accused for six years on each count.
The case concerns a Sh588.7 million road contract that Kiambu County awarded in the 2017/18 financial year. On 14 October, High Court Judge Rose Ougo upheld the convictions for offences including conflict of interest, abuse of office and fraudulent procurement, and overturned an earlier acquittal on money laundering charges. She revoked the accused's bonds and sent them to remand to await sentencing.
Lawyers for the other accused, who include former county roads chief officer Luka Mwangi Wahinya and Testimony Enterprises director Charles Chege Mbuthia, asked the court to consider each person's role, their family circumstances and time already spent in custody.
