BREAKING: Former Sports CS Hassan Wario Jailed for 6-years or pay a Fine of KSh. 3.6M

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario and former National Olympic Committee of Kenya (Nock) official Stephen Soi were Wednesday found guilty of corruption and abuse office in connection with the Rio 2016 Olympics financial scandal.

On Thursday, the ex-CS was sentenced to 6-years in prison or pay a fine of Sh3.6m while his co-accused Stephen Soi to pay Sh103m or a 10-year jail term over misuse of Rio funds.

Magistrate Elizabeth Juma, while sentencing Wario, Thursday, September 16, noted that the CS and his co-accused used their positions in contradiction of the law.

He was, however, given an option to pay a Ksh3.6 million fine failure to which he will serve the jail term.

However, his co-accused, former National Olympic Committee of Kenya (Nock) official Stephen Soi, will serve a jail term of ten years or pay a fine of Ksh103 million after he was found guilty in five counts of corruption.

The two were found guilty of corruption and abuse of office over the 2016 Rio Olympics games scandal.

Magistrate Elizabeth Juma stated that Wario abused his office and approved the inclusion of three other persons to travel to Rio, Brazil.

The court noted that Wario abused his office when he allowed the three to be awarded allowances as part of team Kenya.