Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu has denied claims that he recently bought prime properties at Nairobi Central Business District worth Sh1.8 billion using public funds. Social media reports in the last one week has been claiming that Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji is investigating the governor on how he has managed to buy three properties worth Sh1.8 billion in Nairobi within 10 months in office.

The information has also been alleging the governor was being probed for irregularly awarding his family members contracts worth Sh573 million. But while speaking about the matter for the first time in Kiambu town, Waititu termed the information circulating in the social media as malicious saying that he bought the properties being alluded to long before he became governor.

He said no government agency involved in fighting corruption in the country has sought him over the claims trending on the social media. He advised those peddling the lies to first go to banks and find out the amount of loan he had taken to purchase the properties in question.