Hassan Ali Joho is a kenyan politician who is the Cabinet Secretary for Mining and Blue Economy in the Republic of Kenya.
14 Facts About Hassan Joho
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Hassan Joho is the former Governor of Mombasa County affiliated with the Orange Democratic Movement.
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Hassan Joho was elected to represent the Kisauni Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya during the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election.
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On 4 March 2013, during the general election, Joho was elected as the first governor of Mombasa County.
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Hassan Joho emerged triumphant by winning with 220,576 votes against his closest rival Suleiman Shahbal with 69,322 votes, a member of the Jubilee Party.
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Hassan Joho served as governor of Mombasa until 2022 when he completed the constitutionally allowed two five-year terms.
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Hassan Joho was succeeded by Abdulswammad Sherrif Nassir the former member of the National Assembly for Mvita Constituency.
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Hassan Joho is a businessman with real estate holdings in Mombasa.
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Hassan Joho joined active politics in the year 2004 and became the Kisauni party chairman for the Liberal Democratic Party between 2006 and 2007.
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Hassan Joho was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Kisauni constituency and the Assistant Minister for Transport.
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Hassan Joho campaigned to be elected as first Governor of Mombasa during the election held on 4 March 2013.
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Hassan Joho won by 132,583 votes, his closest rival Mr Shahbal, was second with 94,905 votes.
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Hassan Joho later went to court to block Joho's swearing in.
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Hassan Joho's manifesto stipulated the tasks he intended to achieve in his governorship.