{
  "id": 17796677,
  "title": "Waititu jailed for 13 years or pay a Sh21 million fine in a Sh588 million corruption case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/waititu-jailed-for-13-years-or-pay-a-sh21-million-fine-in-a-sh588",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T12:41:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KahawaTungu",
    "slug": "kahawatungu",
    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/waititu-jailed-for-13-years-or-pay-a-sh21-million-fine-in-a-sh588-million-corruption-case/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu has been fined a total of Sh21 million in the Sh588 million corruption case, with the court imposing alternative prison sentences should he fail to pay. The fines were imposed under three counts, with Waititu ordered to pay Sh10 million under Count 10, Sh6 million under Count 11 and Sh5 [...] The post Waititu jailed for 13 years or pay a Sh21 million fine…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Capital FM Kenya",
        "title": "Former Kiambu governor Waititu fined Sh21 million, faces 13 Years in jail over money laundering",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/former-kiambu-governor-waititu-fined-sh21-million-faces-13-years-in",
        "published": "2026-11-02T10:54:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KBC",
        "title": "DPP secures Ksh21M fines, 13-year sentence against Waititu in money laundering case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/dpp-secures-ksh21m-fines-13-year-sentence-against-waititu-in-money",
        "published": "2026-11-02T14:00:19.000Z"
      }
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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."
}