Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario arrived in the country from Vienna on Wednesday night, to beat a deadline issued by a Magistrate Douglas Ogoti for him to present himself to police by Thursday 6am, to be processed for court appearance.
He is expected to appear before the Court today Friday to be charged over misappropriation of Ksh.55 million during the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Legendary athlete Kipchoge Keino will not face charges regarding the Rio scandal but will instead testify against former Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario and others.
The Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji had approved charges against Keino who was due in court this morning take his plea for the loss of Ksh 50m.
He was also expected to be charged with abuse of office and willful failure to comply with laws relating to public funds management.
But things changed yesterday when he recorded a fresh statement at DCI in which it emerged that he was never a signatory to any account and neither did he receive any money.
Detectives said they will only charge former Sports CS Hassan Wario who is Kenya’s Ambassador to Austria, Haron Komen and Patrick Nkabu who turned themselves in Thursday morning.
Former Sports Principal Secretary Titus Ekai and two others were charged over the scandal last week and denied charges before they were freed on a cash bail of Sh1 million each.
All the accused persons were ordered to surrender their travel documents.
A statement issued by the DPP showed that Wario is facing six counts of abuse of office, for improperly conferring a benefit to six individuals who travelled to the Rio Olympics funded by the tax payer at a cost of Sh5.4 million.