{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_mx7uvvdijxous55ezjea","title":"Kimani Wamatangi: Court dismisses bids to strike out KSh 813m EACC suit Kiambu governor","title_en":null,"outlets":5,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/court-clears-eacc-to-pursue-sh813-million-asset-recovery-case-against-mx7uvvdijx","count":5,"items":[{"id":"n_xyv4eumqza765xnd2cxq","seq":1372829,"kind":"article","title":"Court dismisses governor Wamatangi bid to strike out Sh813m EACC recovery suit","url":"https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/crime-and-justice/article/2001559266/court-dismisses-governor-wamatangi-bid-to-strike-out-sh813m-eacc-recovery-suit","published":"2026-10-02T15:11:13Z","seen":"2026-10-02T15:11:13Z","lang":"en","country":"KE","source":{"id":"standardmedia.co.ke","name":"standardmedia.co.ke","domain":"standardmedia.co.ke","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q7766218","name":"The Standard","type":"newspaper","country":"KE","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"gdelt-gkg-english","topics":["economy","politics"],"authors":["Nancy Gitonga"],"entities":[{"id":"Q5403455","name":"Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission","type":"org"}],"story":"st_mx7uvvdijxous55ezjea","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.5,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.38999998569488525,"political":0.3799999952316284},{"id":"n_pgck24cb3v6bnwrkh4mq","seq":1352328,"kind":"article","title":"Kimani Wamatangi: Court dismisses bids to strike out KSh 813m EACC suit Kiambu governor","url":"https://www.tuko.co.ke/kenya/641850-kimani-wamatangi-court-dismisses-bids-strike-ksh813m-eacc-suit-kiambu-governor","summary":"EACC wins a court battle to keep Kimani Wamatangi and 12 others in a KSh 813m suit over alleged forged road contracts; judge rejects privilege defence claims.","published":"2026-10-02T13:12:37Z","seen":"2026-10-02T13:25:56Z","lang":"en","country":"KE","source":{"id":"kite-tuko-co-ke-b7fb60","name":"tuko.co.ke","domain":"tuko.co.ke","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q43897916","name":"Tuko.co.ke","type":"website","country":"KE","designations":["business","news","website"]}},"via":"kite-tuko-co-ke-b7fb60","entities":[{"id":"Q47514897","name":"Wamatangi Paul Kimani","type":"person"},{"id":"Q5403455","name":"Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission","type":"org"},{"id":"Q3242959","name":"Kiambu","type":"place"}],"image":"https://cdn.tuko.co.ke/images/1200x675/2a88dd18fc02a0f1.jpeg?v=1","story":"st_mx7uvvdijxous55ezjea","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.38999998569488525,"category2":"politics","sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.15000000596046448,"political":0.49000000953674316},{"id":"n_zpcltqug4v2lw3zyzrmq","seq":1360375,"kind":"article","title":"Wamatangi loses bid to stop Ksh813 million EACC recovery case","url":"https://www.kbc.co.ke/the-recovery-suit-will-proceed-to-hearing","summary":"The Commission seeks recovery of Ksh 813,145,532.40 alongside forfeiture of funds held in the companies’ bank accounts. 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High Court Judge Rose Ougo rejected preliminary objections from Wamatangi and several co-defendants, paving the way for the anti-graft watchdog’s civil recovery proceedings to move forward. 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