Hassan Wario Arero
Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Culture and the Arts
In office
15 May 2013 – February 2018
PresidentUhuru Kenyatta
Succeeded byRashid Echesa
Personal details
Born (1970-11-24) 24 November 1970 (age 53)
NationalityKenyan
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Nairobi (BA)
University of East Anglia (PhD)

Hassan Gurach Wario Arero (born 24 November 1970) is a Kenyan civil servant and politician, who has been Kenyan Ambassador to Austria since 2018. He was Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Culture, and the Arts of Kenya from 2013 to 2018.[1][2]

Arero hails from the Borana community.[3] He was educated at the University of Nairobi (BA, Anthropology, 1995), and a master's degree in Advanced Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at the University of East Anglia.[4] He completed his PhD in anthropology at the University of East Anglia in 2013.

Abuse of office charges

Wario was charged with corruption and theft during his tenure as a Minister of Sports. The offenses occurred during the 2016 Olympics. He was found guilty of misappropriation of $490,000 in taxpayer funds, by Milimani Anti-Corruption Courts in Nairobi on September 15, 2021. In what is described as a miscarriage of justice by the judiciary, he was surprisingly only fined $33,000; by paying the fine, he avoided a six-year prison term.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Hassan Arero CV". Nairobi: State House. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Parliamentary committees finalize reports on 19 vetted nominees". Capital News. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. ^ Joy Hendry, Laara Fitznor (2012). Anthropologists, Indigenous Scholars and the Research Endeavour: Seeking Bridges Towards Mutual Respect. Routledge. p. 285. ISBN 978-1136331152.
  4. ^ "Directory of Chevening Alumni". Chevening UK Government Scholarships. 24 August 2014. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Former Sports CS Hassan Wario walks home after paying Sh3.6 million fine". 16 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Court slaps Sports ex-CS Hassan Wario with Sh3.6m fine, 6 years jail in default". 16 September 2021.


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