‘You’d commit suicide if you knew what I own’ – Waititu

Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu has once again defended himself against accusations of illegally amassing wealth.

While addressing journalists in his office on Wednesday, Waititu accused his political rivals of envying him over how he has managed to amass massive wealth, which he says he got through hard work.

“People should stop being jealous. When you hear someone has his own building, one should look for theirs. When someone is being elected for any seat they are not poor; they have their own plans and I had mine,” he said.

The Governor has said that people will be shocked if they knew the number of buildings he owns in Nairobi.

Last week Waititu described himself as a self-made tycoon who has accumulated wealth from business ventures.

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The controversial politician says he has earned most of his fortune from his garbage collection companies as well as through the sale of plots of land in Nairobi.

Waititu also explains that he was already a millionaire before he joined politics.

“I am a self-made tycoon, having been a garbage collector in the city through Bins Management Service. I am not a poor man as portrayed by my political enemies,” he states.

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He has rubbished claims that he acquired part of his fortune through corruption, and has accused his rivals of advancing the narrative as they are envious of his genuine wealth.

Waititu reveals that he started off by selling sand and has built his business empire over time.

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“Mimi nilijipanga kitambo kabla niingie siasa wakati nilikua nauza mchanga (I started making money selling sand long before I switched to politics),” he explains.

Although he has not revealed his actual net worth, Waititu is known to own several prime parcels of land in Nairobi and a number of multi-storey commercial buildings in the city center.

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On shocking Kiambu budget that emerged last month, Babayao maintained that his county didn’t plan or made any expenditures as exposed by Auditor General.

In the report, Kiambu budget has allocated funds to peacekeeping in South Sudan, allocated funds to retired presidents, free primary education and shown some funds went to the state house.

Auditor General Edward Ouko was forced to come out and declare he was wrong.

According to Ouko, the problem occurred because they had used the wrong template, which generates the information that was used by the auditor.

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The bizarre report had exposed Kiambu, Kakamega, Kitui, Nyeri and Kirinyaga counties for spending hundreds of millions of shillings on non-issues.

Other counties affected by the erroneous reports generated from the Integrated Financial and Management System (Ifmis) were Laikipia, Kwale, Nyamira, Samburu, Garissa and Lamu.

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