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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 86961, member: 27"]
A lighter cash tab and passport surrender just reshaped Ferdinand Waititu’s wait for his appeal.

Bail reset for Ferdinand Waititu
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[*]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.
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Defense leans on compliance streak
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[*]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.
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State pushes back on revision
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[*]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.
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Extra guardrails added by the court
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[*]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.
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