Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti has declared her net worth at Ksh5 billion. The governor was responding to a curious Facebook follower who asked about her wealth.
In a post shared on Saturday, September 21, Wavinya revealed her interest in farming noting that she had spent the day at her farm.
The Machakos Governor also shared photos taken in her maize plantation and other crops grown in her expansive farm to spark comments from her followers.
“A day well spent at the farm. Do what you love to do and be around things that make you smile,” the governor posted.
In one of the comments, a follower asked about her net worth, and she emphatically responded noting that she is not poor.
“I am not a poor girl and I thank God. More than 5b in Totality,” she wrote.
Her response came on the back of a controversy sparked by reports stating that she had been detained by authorities in London over an alleged attempt to deposit a huge sum of money during her trip abroad in early September.
She, however, dispelled the reports and attributed the news she termed false to attempts by her political opponents to fight her.
Wavinya speaks on foreign trip saga
Speaking after jetting back to the country, Governor Wavinya said her detractors fabricated the false reports to intimidate her in the fight against cartels and corruption in the county.
She went on to warn the said detractors, noting that she would sustain the efforts to weed out cartels.
“I am aware that the masters of the networks of corruption are not happy with what I am doing for the benefit of the people of Machakos,” Governor Wavinya said.
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“I will tighten things further. We shall choke you out of the revenue streams and starve you and your networks of evil.”
Explaining her mission in the trip to London, the Machakos County chief said she was out to follow up on acquisition of fire engines and garbage collection equipment.
“I had gone to the UK for a meeting with other governors to make follow up on fire engine machines and garbage collection equipment,” Wavinya noted after jetting back.
Family and career of Wavinya Ndeti
The politician is currently serving her first term as Machakos Governor.
Besides her political career that has seen her serve in various positions, Wavinya comes from the lineage of Muindi Mbingu who was a prominent figure in the country’s freedom struggle history.
In a past interview, Governor Wavinya disclosed that the famous Mbingu who has a street named after him is her great-grand father.
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After completing her high school studies at the Kenya High School, she proceeded to pursue further studies in Computer Science and Business Systems Analysis and later landed employment in London for five years before returning to Kenya.
In London, the young Wavinya met a Nigerian national named Henry Oduwole who would become her husband.
She has previously served as the Member of Parliament for Kathiani Constituency and as a Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) for Transport, Infrastructure and Public Works.
Farming is one of her known interests as manifested by the several posts she has shared in farms.
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