WAITITU gets company as another ex-Governor from Mt. Kenya is sentenced to two years in jail for graft



Thursday, March 20, 2025 - Former Nyandarua Governor Daniel Waithaka Mwangi has been sentenced to two years in prison or a Ksh 1 million fine after being found guilty of procurement irregularities and abuse of office.

The Nyahururu Anti-Corruption Court delivered the ruling on Thursday, March 20th, with Chief Magistrate Hezekiah Keago sentencing Waithaka to two years or a Ksh500,000 fine for failing to comply with procurement laws and another two years or Ksh500,000 for abuse of office.

The sentences will run concurrently if he fails to pay the fine.

The former Governor was convicted alongside Grace Wanjiru Gitonga, the former County Executive Committee Member for Water, Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources.

Gitonga was sentenced to two years or a Ksh500,000 fine for engaging in a project without prior planning and another two years or Ksh500,000 for procurement violations.

The duo’s conviction stems from an April 30, 2014 scandal where they unlawfully procured an engineering consulting firm without a procurement plan for the 2013/2014 financial year.

The contract involved developing a County Water Master Plan and reviewing the Ol Kalou Town Sewerage System without following due process.

Waithaka now joins a growing list of former Governors convicted of graft.

He follows Moses Lenolkulaal (Samburu) and Ferdinand Waititu (Kiambu), the latter having been sentenced last month to 12 years in prison or a Ksh53.5 million fine for irregular tender awards.

The Kenya DAILY POST

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