The Anti-Corruption court is expected to deliver a ruling today on an application by former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu, who is seeking a review of the bond terms granted to him pending appeal.
Waititu was convicted in February 2025 in a Sh588 million graft case after the court found him guilty of conflict of interest.
He was sentenced to either pay a fine of Sh53.5 million or serve 12 years in prison, and was further barred from contesting for any political office for seven years.
Following his conviction, the former governor moved to the High Court seeking release on bond as he pursued an appeal.
On July 31, 2025, Justice Njuguna allowed his application and granted him a Sh53 million bond, after two earlier bond applications had been dismissed.
The court ordered that the bond be secured through a bank guarantee, a condition that has since become the subject of the current dispute.
In his latest application, Waititu argues that he has faced frustrations in obtaining the bank guarantee as ordered by the court.
Through a certificate of urgency filed in January 2026, his lawyers have asked the court to set aside the bank guarantee requirement and instead allow him to deposit a cash security of Sh20 million to secure his release from Kamiti Maximum Prison.
The application has, however, been opposed by the prosecution, with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) arguing that Waititu has not met the legal threshold required to warrant a review of the bond terms already issued.
The DPP maintains that no new or exceptional circumstances have been demonstrated to justify interfering with the earlier court orders.
The ruling expected today will determine whether the court is persuaded to vary the bond conditions or uphold the existing terms as Waititu awaits the hearing of his appeal.
Ex-Kabete MP George Muchai's robbery with violence case
In another matter, a criminal court is expected to deliver its final verdict in the long-running robbery with violence case connected to events surrounding the killing of former Kabete MP George Muchai.
The matter comes before Milimani Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina following a recent High Court ruling that declined to halt the criminal proceedings, allowing the trial court to proceed to its conclusion.
High Court Judge Lawrence Mugambi dismissed an application by the accused seeking to stay the proceedings on constitutional grounds.
They had argued that the charge sheets were unconstitutional and that their prosecution under Sections 295, 296, and 297 of the Penal Code was unlawful, contending that the alleged constitutional defects justified a halt to the trial.
In his ruling, Justice Mugambi held that granting blanket orders stopping robbery with violence trials or directing the release of accused persons, even where constitutional questions are raised, would be impractical and disruptive to the justice system.
The case relates to a robbery allegedly committed on the night of February 7, 2015, involving complainants Gladys Waithera and Irene Muthoni on Nairobi’s Kenyatta Avenue.
The robbery is alleged to have taken place on the same night that Muchai, his two bodyguards, Samuel Kailikia and Samuel Matanta, and his driver, Stephen Wambugu, were shot dead in a separate incident.
The accused—Eric Isabwa, Raphael Kimani, Mustapha Kimani, Stephen Astiva, Jane Wanjiru, Margaret Njeri, and Simon Wambugu — are facing multiple counts of robbery with violence relating to several complainants.
All the accused have denied the charges.
The case has faced several adjournments, with the Chief Magistrate directing that the judgment be scheduled today.
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