Tourist Hotel,Bungoma.
BUNGOMA, Aug. 29, 2025
In what could be described as a dramatic sequel to “How Not to Pay Rent 101,” former Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wafula Wangamati is now in danger of being shown the door—quite literally—from Tourist Hotel.
His company leased the premises and allegedly owes teachers over an alleged debt of KSh 47 million.
Through his company Bonito Properties Ltd, Wangamati apparently believed that “rent is but a suggestion.”
That is, until his landlords politely asked the court to evict him—a reminder that sometimes, empire-building doesn’t come with free accommodation.
As if flunking rent wasn’t embarrassing enough, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has summoned him and a troupe of associates to appear at the Integrity Centre in Nairobi on Monday, September 1, 2025, at 8 a.m. for the “processing and arraignment” of graft charges.
The charge sheet reads like a family reunion gone wrong—featuring relatives and business associates tied to companies accused of helping siphon more than KSh 70 million during his time in office.
Naturally, the ex-governor isn’t taking this lying down.
In a statement dripping with righteous indignation, he dismissed the charges as “politically motivated” and “a pamphlet masquerading as a prosecution,” vowing to fight both in court and “in the court of public opinion.”
He even reached for nineteenth-century poetry, declaring, “Truth crushed to earth shall rise again.” Cue dramatic patriotic soundtrack.
Will Wangamati manage to keep the hotel keys and his dignity? Or will the courts show him the door—not only from Tourist Hotel but from the political limelight too?
Stay tuned to this real-life drama where unpaid rent and high-stakes corruption collide and the only thing more expensive than the alleged graft is the front row ticket to this showdown.
