Kitui County Government and former governor Charity Ngilu have been ordered by a commercial court to pay a businessman Sh25 million in compensation for burning his lorry which was ferrying 400 bags of charcoal in 2018.
The court made the directive after finding that there is compelling evidence showing that Ngilu ordered employees of her government to burn the lorry ferrying charcoal claiming trader David Kariuki Waweru had no valid license to carry out the consignment.
The incident took place on February 7, 2018, when Waweru's vehicle when the vehicle was flagged down by a convoy allegedly linked to the Kitui County Government and its then-governor, Ngilu.
He said the lorry was set on fire by persons who alighted from a Double Cabin car owned by the County Government. In his testimony, Waweru recounted how he received a call from his driver detailing how he was intercepted and the lorry set ablaze adding that he paid Sh12,000 to transport the charcoal as required.
