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Charges against five in Ferdinand Waititu graft case dropped

Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu and his wife Susan Wangari at a Milimani court during the mention of a corruption case facing them. [George Njunge, Standard]

Anti-corruption High Court in Nairobi yesterday terminated charges against five Kiambu County employees who had been charged alongside former governor Ferdinand Waititu in a Sh588 million graft case.

Justice Esther Maina agreed that Zacharia Mbugua, Joyce Ngina, Simon Kang'ethe, Anslem Wanjiku and Samuel Muiga should be let off the hook after finding that they had made a case that they should not be in the graft case before the magistrate's court.

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