Ferdinard Ndungu Waititu, also known as Baba Yao, is a Kenyan politician who served as the second governor of Kiambu County from 2016 to January 2020.
His troubles started after it was discovered that he was involved in a scheme of grabbing land worth over one million dollars from a widow, amongst other fraudulent activities.
Following graft charges leveled against him, Waititu was impeached and lost his seat as the Governor of Kiambu County on January 29, 2020, through a trial by the Kenya Senate despite intense lobbying by some members of parliament.
[3] He is described as a "fiery politician" and has been arrested on several occasions, including for "hate speech" directed against ethnic Maasai and for protesting the demolition of shanty houses in his district.
Ferdinand Waititu however found a way back to active politics on 4 May 2015 after winning a seat as a member of parliament for Kabete through a by-election following the death of the area MP George Muchai who was murdered in the streets of Nairobi.
However, he officially announced to run for the gubernatorial seat for Kiambu to battle it out with Governor William Kabogo the next general elections.