The likes of former Kiambu governor Ferdinand Waititu and Ukur Yatani Treasury cabinet secretary in Uhuru Kenyatta's government and Marsabit governor are also facing trial over accusations of land grabbing embezzlement procurement and tender irregularities (AC Vol 61 No 6 The fight for Jubilee)...
This process is similar to that followed by the government in replacing Kiambu governor Ferdinand Waititu by his deputy James Karanja Nyoro in January 2020 and neatly avoids pitting the Jubilee-ODM against Ruto supporters in another by-election...
Meanwhile several Ruto-allied Senators including Kiambu county Governor Ferdinand Waititu have faced impeachment charges for gross misconduct and abuse of office...
Despite the President's exhortation to focus on government not politics a determined number of legislators and governors led by Kiambu governor Ferdinand Waititu Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung'wa Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro and Nakuru Senator Susan Wakarura Kihika have defiantly held rallies among the Kikuyu in support of Ruto's presidential candidacy in 2022...
By the Court's own admission it had sufficient evidence to open at least one case against a Kenyatta ally: Ferdinand Waititu the former MP for Embakasi constituency in Nairobi and a man who aspires to be Governor...
Others who contributed to Njenga’s fund were his lawyer Paul Muite Embakasi MP Ferdinand Waititu Imenti Central MP Gitobu Imanyara Bishop Margaret Wanjiru and unnamed Nakuru businessmen and Mungiki coordinators...