Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu has failed in his bid to secure release after the High Court declined to vary his bond terms requiring a Ksh53 million bank guarantee.
Waititu, who has been unable to raise the guarantee, had asked the court to substitute it with a cash deposit, but Justice Lucy Njuguna rejected the application.
“I will not vary those orders. Honestly, I did the best I could based on the material placed before me. You placed material that persuaded me and I was gracious enough to grant those orders,” Justice Njuguna ruled.
She reminded Waititu’s lawyer, Mr. Mutuku, that the case involves other accused persons still in custody who had previously complained that the matter was dragging on. “That’s why I gave 120 days, and for the record, the 120 days start from today. It’s on that basis that I said no more fresh applications should be made so that we concentrate on the appeal and get it out of the way,” the judge added.
The ruling leaves Waititu stuck in custody unless he secures the Ksh53 million bank guarantee required by the court.
