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Ex-Sports CS escapes jail after paying Sh3.6m fine

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario walks out of the Milimani Law Courts after he was released upon paying a fine of Sh3.6 million. He had been found guilty together with former chef de mission Stephen Soi over the 2016 Rio Olympics fiasco. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG

By  Joseph Wangui

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario, convicted for loss of public funds in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, avoided jail on Thursday after paying a Sh3.6 million fine imposed by the anti-corruption court before banks closed.

Wario would have been locked up in prison for six years.

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