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We should follow Vietnam's example, punish embezzlers with death sentence

Hassan Gurach Wario Arero, the former Minister for Sports was recently convicted and fined for defrauding the country of millions of shillings at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

His Excellency Ambassador Hassan Wario was fined 3.6 million shillings or in default, to serve six years in jail. When the sentence was pronounced, an amused Wario coughed up the fine in three hours and swaggered out of the court like Hollywood icon Denzel Washington on Training Day. It didn’t feel right.

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