Former Kiambu governor Ferdinand Waititu has pleaded with the court to drop graft the charges against him claiming that it was instituted because of his then support of President William Ruto.
In the case, Waititu is charged alongside his wife Susan Wangari and the companies associated to them and they were found to have a case to answer.
In his defense, Waititu said his arrest and subsequent prosecution was engineered by the former government due to his overwhelming support to President Ruto in his succession politics when he was the Deputy President.
Waititu said that the notion by the prosecution that he illegally sought money when he was a governor is a wrong misconception because he has had tender for garbage collection in Nairobi which he got in 1999.
He said he transferred the money he got from his tender to other dumpsites which were in operational for over 10 years before he became a Governor.
“When politics of Tanga Tanga started I was one of the main proponents in Kiambu and I supported the Deputy President at the time, now the President of Kenya, as a result, the then government decided to engineer my arrest and charges so that they can keep me out of office.” the court heard.
According to Waititu, the move by the former regime to evict him from office was indeed successful because immediately he was arraigne in Court one of the conditions for his release was that he should stay out office.
He said that Immediately he was barred from office an impeachment motion was tabled at the Count assembly and it went through although there was no quorum in the Assembly.
Further, he said that when the case escalated to Senate money exchanged hands and it appeared like his fate was sealed because the Senators immediately confirmed his Impeachment.
