This archive report was first published on 29 July 2019.
On July 29, 2019, Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu and his wife Susan Ndung'u surrendered to the authorities after dodging detectives for two days.
They were subsequently charged at the Milimani Law Courts over a Sh580 million irregular tender.
The governor and his wife were charged alongside several other individuals following a recommendation by Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji.
The anti-graft agency, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), has been investigating allegations of irregular procurement of a tender for the upgrading of various gravel roads to bituminous surface in Kiambu County.
The tender under investigation, worth Sh588 million, was awarded to M/s Testimony Enterprises Ltd during the 2017/2018 financial year.
According to the EACC, Testimony Enterprise, owned by Mr Charles Chege and Ms Beth Wangeci Mburu, had earlier been paid Sh147.3 million.
They were then paid the Sh588 million for a tender to upgrade various roads as had been advertised by the county on February 12, 2019, in the Business Daily newspaper.
The projects, according to the county's estimates, were to cost Sh610 million with each kilometre gobbling up Sh29 million.
