This archive report was first published on 29 July 2019.
On July 29, 2019, Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu and his wife Susan Ndung'u were charged at the Milimani Law Courts over a Sh580 million irregular tender.
The charges followed a recommendation by Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji last Friday.
Waititu and his wife surrendered at Integrity Centre after dodging detectives for two days, with the governor turning himself in at 9:30am and his wife sneaking in at 2pm.
They spent the night at the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) detention.
The anti-graft agency has been investigating allegations of irregular procurement of a tender for the upgrading of various gravel roads to bituminous surface in Kiambu County.
Testimony Enterprise, owned by Mr Charles Chege and Ms Beth Wangeci Mburu, close associates of the governor, had earlier been paid Sh147.3 million.
They were then paid the Sh588 million for a tender to upgrade various roads as advertised by the county on February 12 in the Business Daily newspaper.
