FEATURED STORY

Former Sports CS Wario charged with abuse of office

Share
Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario
Share

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario on October 19 pleaded not guilty to charges of misappropriating Ksh 55 million meant to facilitate athletes during the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Former Director of Administration in the Ministry of Sports Harun Komen and Former Finance Officer Patrick Nkabu who appeared before Chief Magistrate Douglas Ogoti at the Anti-Corruption Court in Nairobi alongside the former CS also denied the charges.

Wario, Komen and Nkabu denied the charges and were released on a Ksh2 million cash bond with a similar surety, Sh1 million personal bond or alternative cash bail of a similar amount.

The former Sports Ministry honchos were charged with;

  • embezzlement of Ksh22 million,
  • purchase of air tickets worth Ksh16,872,497 which were not utilized,
  • overpayment of allowances amounting to Ksh15,907,900
  • incurring expenditure on unauthorized persons amounting to Ksh 6,590,286.

The former CS Wario was arrested on October 18 after surrendering himself to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters as directed by Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji.

DPP Haji had on October 13 ordered that Wario and Former Sports Principal Secretary Richard Ekai be arraigned in court in relation to the scam.

READ: UNCERTAINITY LOOMS OVER STABILITY OF SH75 FOR UNGA

Haji had also directed that athletics legend Kipchoge Keino, former Secretary General National Olympics Committee of Kenya (NOCK) Francis Kanyili, former NOCK Chief De Mission, Deputy Treasurer Stephen Kiptanui, Nkabu and Komen be also arraigned.

Keino’s plea taking was deferred for seven days after Haji requested the court for more time for further assessment.

SEE ALSO: PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY’S NIGHTMARE AS STUDENTS DECLINE TO JOIN MKU, BARATON

It is unclear why Keino did not take plea together with the rest with numerous media reports intimating that detectives might use Keino as a prosecution witness against Wario and the other officials implicated in the scam.

1 Comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Follow Us

Related Articles
Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign & Diaspora Affairs
FEATURED STORY

Inside Kenya’s 60 Years of Diplomatic Journey

Kenya is set to commemorate 60 years of diplomacy this week starting...

Jubilee Insurance
FEATURED STORY

Jubilee Health Insurance, Its CEO Njeri Jomo Feted

Jubilee Health Insurance has been awàrded Organization of the Year at the...

Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa
FEATURED STORY

Safaricom’s Impact On Society Grows 16 Times In 6 Months

Safaricom’s impact on society grew 16 times in the six-month period ending...

Rohan de Beer, End User Sales Director at Schneider Electric
FEATURED STORY

The Industrial Edge: Thriving In The Shadow Of Cloud Computing’s Hype

By Rohan de Beer, End User Sales Director at Schneider Electric Despite...