{
  "id": 16740487,
  "title": "Former Kiambu governor Waititu, co-accused plead for leniency in sentencing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/former-kiambu-governor-waititu-co-accused-plead-for-leniency-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T11:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Capital FM Kenya",
    "slug": "capital-fm-kenya",
    "url": "https://capitalfm.africa/former-kiambu-governor-waititu-co-accused-plead-for-leniency-in-sentencing/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu and his co-accused have urged the court to impose lenient sentences, citing their family responsibilities, limited involvement in the companies linked to the case and time already spent in custody.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}