A case in which EACC is seeking to recover Sh1.9 billion worth of assets from former Kiambu governor Ferdinand Waititu is expected to proceed today.
The matter has been listed for a ruling but it is not clear what the ruling is about.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission went after Waititu’s assets saying he acquired the assets through unexplained means.
His wealth, the commission says, is not commensurate to his known and legitimate sources of income at the time he held public office between 2015 and 2020.
The commission says investigations revealed that Waititu abused his position of trust as the Member of Parliament for Kabete Constituency and as the Governor of Kiambu for private gain by engaging in transactions which were in conflict with the public interest.
Waititu was the Kabete MP from 2015 to 2017 and the Kiambu governor between 2017 and January 2020 when his impeachment was upheld by Senate.
Court to hear case in which advocate seeks to stop LSK elections
Separately, the High Court will be hearing a case in which a city advocate Shadrack Wambui is seeking to stop the Law Society of Kenya elections.
Justice David Majanja is to hear the case at 8 am today.
Wambui moved to the court after the LSK Ad-Hoc Elections Board locked him out of the position of the Nairobi Representative 2024-2026.
He argues that the decision was unlawful and unless the court issues a temporary order stopping the elections or their preparations, his case would be rendered useless.
The elections are slated for February 29.
"The applicant is apprehensive that the Respondents could/will proceed with the process of printing the ballot papers and conduct the election of the Nairobi representative to the LSK to the exclusion of the candidacy of the applicant during the pendency of this instant appeal which has a high chance of success," the papers filed at the court reads.
Wambui's plight dates back to January 18, when he received an email from the secretary of the elections board informing him that he had been found "not validly nominated" to contest for the position.
This was on the basis that one of the lawyers who nominated him practices in Mombasa and not Nairobi.
The lawyer in question had however written to the board stating that his location of practise was Nairobi being a lecturer at Kenya School of Law and having an office at Agip House.
