Details of how Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu and some members of his family received millions of shillings in their bank accounts have been revealed.
In documents filed in court, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) said the funds were received from a company that was awarded a lucrative tender by the County government of Kiambu.
The agency said the millions wired to companies associated with Waititu and his kin are suspected to be kickbacks from the contractor.
In an affidavit, EACC officer Regina Ng’ang’a said that investigators established that the said accounts received more than Sh30 million from the contractor.
Part of the cash was wired into an account registered under Saika Two Estate Developers, a company owned by Waititu and his daughter Monica Njeri.
Other funds were channeled into Bienvenue Delta Hotel belonging to Waititu and his wife Susan Wangari as well as Connex Logistics Africa, which is owned by his spouse.
EACC said the funds were received from Testimony Enterprise, a firm that won a tender for the upgrade of eight gravel roads to bituminous standard using soil stabilization technology in 2018.
The contract awarded by the Kiambu County government was worth Sh588 million.
18 days after the contract was signed, the company opened a bank account with a local bank, which raised questions on the existence of the firm before the award of the tender.
Detectives found out that the same company wired a total of Sh25.4 million to Waititu’s Saika Two Developers on diverse dates.
On the other hand, Bienvenue Delta Hotel Ltd, where Waititu and his wife are co-directors, received a total of Sh5.2 million.
“Testimony Enterprise Ltd has so far been irregularly paid quite a substantial amount of money without raising certificates required to quantify the work.”
The money paid was thereafter transferred to either the Testimony directors’ accounts and later to the governor’s account, his wife, daughter, and companies associated with the governor,” reads part of the affidavit.
When questioned, Waititu said the payment was for a parcel of land and fuel he had supplied to Charles Chege, the owner of Testimony Enterprise.
Waititu was arrested last week in connection with the suspicious contract and was released after a Kiambu court granted him an anticipatory bail of Sh500,000.
Waititu will use the same…
Waititu will use the same cash to bribe our corrupt judges. Then evidence will disappear, and Waititu wins again!
Bure kabisa!
Uhuru needs to set examples of some of these guys. Today, they just let Mwilu Mwitu off the hook under similar circumstances, so we can predict this one too where it is headed to!
Bure kabisa tena!
Uhuru is as corrupt as these…
Uhuru is as corrupt as these fools! Very sad they are busy borrowing loans for our children and greatgrand children to pay while them leaders are just stealing and stashing millions in their kids accounts. The justice system is corrupt everyone is corrupt, common mwananchi continue to languish in poverty shame on uhuruto and their regime! I left kenya decades ago and shit like this makes me to never wanna go back even for simple visits:( But we all busy fight and killing our brothers and sisters in the street for loving who they wanna love (gay)! This corrupt leaders is who y’all should be worrying about or fighting not innocent people just because they wanna live their life or be true to themselves!!!!Smfh…never been this ashamed to be Kenyan!
All the culprits involved…
All the culprits involved with this racket need to be locked up. This includes Waititu’s wife and kids.
How can he be left on 0.5…
How can he be left on 0.5 million bond after stealing 30million!!!!!? Inversely proportional
They should start with all…
They should start with all the judges. They are a major part of the problem. They are as corrupt as hell. A governor and his family are involved in major financial crime and the main guy is out after paying what amount to be peanuts. Half a million bail is an insult to everyone. Who is kidding who. That is some pocket change for this crook. Jubilee government equals to corruption.
The fight against corruption…
The fight against corruption is a failed battle. It’s actually a sham. Uhuru is merely trying to save his face. He’s overseen it and he’s a beneficiary of the same. My faith in this government is gone. If the judge Mwilu is off the hook, continues as judge and drawing a salary, what do we say? Who has ever been jailed since the sham arrests and trials began? Stop wasting court time, money on investigators and prosecutors. Use the money to nab small chicken thieves and clearing the streets of homeless families. I hope our lenders will see the hypocrisy in this and stop feeding this corrupt government. Long speeches without action is all bs. Save us the trouble Mr. President.