Susan Wangari, the wife of former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu, explained how they built their business empire, amassing wealth north of Ksh1.9 billion from scratch.
In her petition filed in court on Thursday, October 13, Wangari detailed that they started as small business owners before diversifying their investments.
The couple reportedly started by buying a lorry which they used to supply building materials in various parts of the country. By 1998, they had 10 lorries under their names.
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Before Waititu entered active politics, they funded the establishment of other businesses with the money they made from their first venture rather than saving it.
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Wangari further maintained that millions of savings in her different bank accounts were deposits from her business ventures at various intervals, which she withdrew and reinvested.
She thus dismissed allegations leveled against them by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), which accused them of stealing from the public coffers.
“It was malicious and scandalous for the commission to link my husband and me to unexplained wealth for political reasons and to imply that we received money unprocedural and unlawfully from public institutions totaling Ksh1,937,709,376,” she stated.
The claim that Wangari received Ksh246 million from Kiambu County while Waititu was the governor was refuted by Wangari. She also charged EACC with deceiving the public about how it acquired its wealth.
“The commission’s claims that I have Ksh276 million is a distortion of facts since they failed to take into consideration the debits and withdrawals from my accounts and by failing to state that the amount was not held in the account at any one given time,” her petition read in part.
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While castigating EACC for a political witch hunt, the former Kiambu county first lady expressed her readiness to table documents that account for their wealth.
Her statements came after EACC moved to court seeking orders to forfeit their properties, including Ksh805 million in different accounts, land, and houses in Runda, Lucky Summer, Migaa Estate, Embakasi Ranching, Kayole, and Thindigwa all valued at Ksh280 million.
EACC also sought to repossess five vehicles valued at Ksh14 million.
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Waititu, however, fought back against accusations that he directed widespread public looting from the Kiambu County government coffers while in power.
“In 2011, we acquired 22 acres which we subdivided into 311 plots and sold. I had a lot of wealth even before I was elected Kabete MP, including petrol stations, hardware, and beauty shops, landed properties, and several fleets of transportation lorries,” Waititu explained in his petition.
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In contrast to rumors that the Ksh588 million graft case against Waititu had been dropped, the Office of the Director of the Public Prosecution (ODPP) declared on Thursday, October 6, that the case would move forward.
