{
  "id": 17804018,
  "title": "Waititu suffers fresh setback as court raises fines in graft case to Ksh74.5 million",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/waititu-suffers-fresh-setback-as-court-raises-fines-in-graft-case-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T13:16:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/waititu-suffers-fresh-setback-as-court-raises-fines-in-graft-case-to-ksh74-5-million"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu has suffered a blow after a fine in his Ksh588.7 million graft case, having shot to Ksh74.5 million from the previous Ksh53.5 million. This is after the Milimani Anti-Corruption Chief Magistrate Harrison Barasa on Monday, November 2, 2026, fined him an extra Ksh21 million on the money laundering charges. Judge […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "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."
}