{
  "id": 15629301,
  "title": "Court defers directions in Waititu’s Sh588 million corruption case amid sentencing feud",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/court-defers-directions-in-waititus-sh588-million-corruption-case",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T16:59:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KahawaTungu",
    "slug": "kahawatungu",
    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/court-defers-directions-in-waititus-sh588-million-corruption-case-amid-sentencing-feud/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu, his wife, Sarah Wangare, and their co-accused on Monday appeared before Anti-Corruption Magistrate Harrison Barasa for mitigation and sentencing following a High Court ruling upholding their convictions in the Sh588 million corruption case. However, the proceedings were met with objections from the defence, which argued that the accused persons could…",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "3News",
        "title": "Ex-NAFCO CEO case: Court of Appeal grants Hanan's request to suspend trial pending his appeal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/ex-nafco-ceo-case-court-of-appeal-grants-hanans-request-to-suspend",
        "published": "2026-10-19T10:57:06.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}