$600 BRIBE! FIFA sacks the only Kenyan assistant referee that was to officiate in 2018 world cup [Video]

FIFA has reportedly sacked Aden Marwa, the only Kenyan assistant referee expected to officiate in the 2018 world cup holding in Russia after he was captured in a video collecting $600 bribe.

The video recording was done by an investigative Ghanaian journalist Anas Anas on BBC Africa. Following the revelation, Marwa has since resigned from the 2018 FIFA World Cup refereeing team.

He was one of the linesmen set to officiate in Russia before the BBC investigation exposed the celebrated Kenyan blower allegedly receiving a bribe Sh60, 000 before a match.

Reports said Marwa, a Mathematics and Chemistry teacher at Komotobo Secondary school in Migori County, was approached by a journalist posing as a Ghanaian football official during the African National Championship.

After receiving the paltry sum in bribe, Marwa forfeited at least Sh2.5 million for appearing at the World Cup in addition to Sh200, 000 per game officiated after Fifa confirmed that the referee will not be travelling to Russia.

Marwa, 41, first featured in the 2011 Fifa U-17 World Cup and was among the only four other referees picked from Africa to officiate in the world biggest football extravaganza that is set to kick-off on June 14 to July 15.

It is against the Fifa code of conduct for any match official or officials to accept a bribe.

Ghana FA president caught on video taking bribe . . An explosive documentary has rocked Ghana’s football association, showing executives including the organisation’s head allegedly proposing bribes worth millions of euros. . . Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantakyi was caught suggesting lucrative deals to undercover journalists posing as “investors” in the film “Number 12”, which was shown Wednesday at a preview attended by diplomats and politicians in the capital Accra. . . Other Ghana FA executives were also filmed accepting bribes influencing player selection for various national teams, an AFP correspondent said. . . And 15 referees were even caught on camera allegedly accepting just $100 (85 euros) to rig Ghana Premier League matches — with their assistants taking $50. . . The project is the result of two years work by an undercover investigative journalist who goes by the pseudonym Anas Aremeyaw Anas, who is known for previously exposing graft in Ghana’s judiciary. . . The documentary shows Nyantakyi proposing to journalists posing as investors pay him $11 million to help grease the palms of key government officials to secure contracts.

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