Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu's troubles are far from over after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson Ingonga, moved to the High Court seeking to reinstate money laundering charges against him.
The DPP is also pushing for harsher sentences in connection with the Sh588 million road tender scandal.
Waititu, his wife Susan Wangari, their companies, and Testimony Enterprise directors Charles Chege Mbuthia and Beth Wangeci, were previously acquitted by a trial court of allegations that they laundered Sh25.6 million in kickbacks linked to the controversial multi-million shilling road tender awarded by the Kiambu County Government. Trial Magistrate Thomas Nzyoki deemed the charges oppressive and unjustified.
However, the DPP has now moved to overturn this decision, arguing that the ruling was flawed and urging the High Court to find Waititu, his wife, and their associates guilty of criminal activity.
