Hassan Ali Joho
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His Excellency Ali Hassan Joho |
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| 1st Governor of Mombasa County | |
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Assumed office 27 March 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Member of the Kenyan Parliament | |
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In office 2008–2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ananiah Mwasambu Mwaboza |
| Succeeded by | Rashid Bedzimba |
| Constituency | Kisauni |
| Personal details | |
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26 February 1973 Kisauni, Mombasa |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Political party | ODM - Deputy Party Leader affiliated to the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) |
| Mother | Ummu Kulthum |
| Father | Mzee Joho |
| Residence | Mombasa |
| Alma mater | B.A in Business and Human Resource Management from Kampala University and various diplomas in business, shipping, logistics and ICT |
| Portfolio |
Served as the Assistant Minister for Transport; as Deputy Chairman of the Foreign, Defence & Election Committee; as Library Committee Member of Transport, Housing & Public Works and the National Organizing Secretary of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Founder and Patron of Hassan Joho Foundation, since 2008 |
| Website | www |
Served as the Assistant Minister for Transport; as Deputy Chairman of the Foreign, Defence & Election Committee; as Library Committee Member of Transport, Housing & Public Works and the National Organizing Secretary of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM)
Hassan Ali Joho (Arabic: حسن علي جوهو) is a Kenyan politician affiliated to the Orange Democratic Movement and was elected to represent the Kisauni Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya during the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007. On 4 March 2013, during the general election, Joho was elected as the first governor of Mombasa County.
Joho joined active politics in the year 2004, and became the Kisauni party chairman for the Liberal Democratic Party between 2006-2007. It was not until 2007 General Election, when he was overwhelmingly elected as the Kisauni parliamentary member through ODM in 2007. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Kisauni constituency and the Assistant Minister for Transport. On 4 March 2013 he was elected as Governor of Mombasa.
According to The Economist, "He is close to Raila Odinga, Kenya’s main opposition leader, and is said to be financing Mr Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement party."
Joho campaigned to be elected as first Governor of Mombasa during the election held on 4 March 2013. He emerged the winner and was sworn in as governor on 27 March.
He won by 132,583 votes, his closest rival Mr Shahbal, was second with 94,905 votes. Shabal went to court alleging rigging, but his petition was denied. He later went to court to block Joho's swearing in.
Joho named his first cabinet which includes;
Joho's manifesto stipulated the tasks he intends to achieve in his governorship. These include; fishing, tourism, manufacturing, health and sanitation, solid waste management, roads and housing, among others.
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