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Africa-Press<\/a> – Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu can have a sigh of relief after being saved from a looming auction.<\/p>\n

A Kiambu Court issued orders on Tuesday, April 13, barring a quick loans dealer from selling his two luxury vehicles owned by the former county boss over a Ksh10 million debt he had defaulted on.<\/p>\n

Waititu rushed to the court on Monday, April 12 after the two vehicles were seized by the lender on the basis that they had been used as collateral.<\/p>\n

In court papers, the embattled politician had sought the lender to be barred from aggressively pursuing the loan arguing that he had hit a rough patch.<\/p>\n

He wanted to be given more time arguing that since a graft case had been opened against him, he was spending most of his earnings on legal fees.<\/p>\n

“Due to current financial constraints I am facing, I am unable to clear the said loan within the afore-stated period but I hasten to add that with a lot of difficulties coupled with the fact that I am facing numerous cases before an anti-corruption court, which has incurred me a lot of costs and expenses by hiring advocates,” he argued.<\/p>\n

It is said that he was impeached and charged two days after the loan had been approved.<\/p>\n

The former county boss was impeached in December 2019 by the Kiambu County Assembly over abuse of office and the decision was upheld by the Senate in January 2020.<\/p>\n

He is also facing an embezzlement case in which he was accused of misappropriating over Ksh588 million public funds.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview, he maintained that he was not corrupt and that no money was lost under his watch.<\/p>\n

“I never thought I would be impeached. There were people who assumed I was fighting the President. They produced the case.<\/p>\n

“In the Kiambu case, no money was lost. The contractor was not paid even after completing 60% of the job,” explained Waititu.<\/p>\n

The prosecution claimed that some of the misappropriated funds had been stashed in bank accounts belonging to his wife and daughters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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