{
  "id": 16740525,
  "title": "Waititu, wife ask court for leniency ahead of sentencing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/waititu-wife-ask-court-for-leniency-ahead-of-sentencing",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T10:25:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/waititu-wife-ask-court-for-leniency-ahead-of-sentencing"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Kiambu governor Ferdinand Waititu, his wife Susan Wangari, and their two co-accused Charles Chege and his wife Beth Wangeci Mburu have pleaded to the court to have mercy on them in the money laundering charges they have been convicted with. In their mitigation before Milimani Anti-Corruption Chief Magistrate Harrison Barasa on October 27, 2026, […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}