Kenyan court cuts Waititu's bail to Ksh20M, seizes passport

A lighter cash tab and passport surrender just reshaped Ferdinand Waititu’s wait for his appeal.

Bail reset for Ferdinand Waititu

• Ferdinand Waititu landed a Ksh20 million cash option while appealing.
• Justice Winfrida Okwany swapped the old Ksh53.5 million bank demand.
• Alternatively, he can post two Ksh30 million property sureties.
• Court staff must clear any assets before release.

Defense leans on compliance streak

• Waititu’s lawyers pointed at seven months of steady attendance.
• Over that stretch, he never skipped a single courtroom date.
• The team argued that the earlier bank guarantee was basically unreachable.
• Counsel pushed that his track record kills any flight risk talk.

State pushes back on revision

• Counsel Mwamburi spoke for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
• The prosecutor insisted the legal bar for tweaking bail was unmet.
• He flagged shifting figures in the defense’s requests.
• Both sides are slated to file final arguments later this month.

Extra guardrails added by the court

• Passport surrender became part of the updated release package.
• Okwany tied that condition to the life of the appeal.
• That move keeps Waititu grounded while proceedings roll on.
• Relief came, but the leash is still firmly attached.