Aden Marwa Range (born 31 January 1977) is a

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from

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Career

Marwa has served as a FIFA referee since 2011. He is the first Kenyan football official to be involved in any FIFA competition, having featured in the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He was named as an assistant referee in the

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and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. Marwa was named as a reserve official at the

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and an assistant referee at the

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. He was included as CAF's assistant referee in the

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, where he served alongside Bakary Gassama, Jean-Claude Birumushahu and

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2018 FIFA World Cup removal

Marwa was due to officiate at the

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in Russia, but a week before the tournament was due to start, the

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released an investigation conducted by a Ghanaian journalist which implicated Marwa in a bribery scandal. He was filmed receiving $600 US dollars before a previous game. He subsequently withdrew from the World Cup.

References

Living people Kenyan football referees 1977 births {{Kenya-footy-bio-stub