Court defers directions in Waititu’s Sh588 million corruption case amid sentencing feud
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Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu, his wife, Sarah Wangare, and their co-accused on Monday appeared before Anti-Corruption Magistrate Harrison Barasa for mitigation and sentencing following a High Court ruling upholding their convictions in the Sh588 million corruption case.
However, the proceedings were met with objections from the defence, which argued that the accused persons could not be presented for sentencing because the trial court had acquitted them and there was no conviction against the three individuals.
The prosecution, led by prosecutor Vincent Monda, opposed the defence’s position, arguing that the High Court had allowed the State’s application in its entirety and directed that the accused persons appear before the magistrate’s court for mitigation.