Hassan Joho

His Excellency Ali Hassan Joho
1st Governor of Mombasa County
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 March 2013
Preceded by	None
Member of the Kenyan Parliament
In office 2008–2013
Constituency	Kisauni
Personal details
Born	(1973-02-26) 26 February 1973 Kisauni, Mombasa
Nationality	Kenyan
Political party	ODM - Deputy Party Leader affiliated to the Coalition For Reforms and Democracy ( CORD )
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
Religion	Muslim
Website	www.hassanjoho.com www.mombasa.go.ke

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.

Political career

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. In 4 March 2013 he was elected as Governor of Mombasa.

2013 Governor Election

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, who was second with 94,905 votes. Shabal went to court alleging rigging, but his petition was denied. He later went to court to block swearing in of the winner.

Candidate	Party	Votes
Abdalla Hemed Mwaruwa	TNA	17,335
Anderson Chibule Watsuma	KADU Asili	2,258
Hassan Ali Joho	ODM	132,583
Ibrahim Khamisi Athman	RC	10,124
Lawrence Kamau Macharia	PDU	1,064
Mutuku Isaac Malila	ND	1,368
Suleiman Said Saleh Shahbal	WDM K	94,905
Tendai Lewa Mtana	IND	9,045
Rejected Vote		2,081
Total Cast Vote		270,763

Governorship

Joho named his first cabinet which includes;

• Job Tumbo - Health services,
• Anthony Njaramba - Tourism,
• Mohammed Abbas - Transport and Infrastructure,
• Binty Omar - Agriculture and Livestock,
• Walid Khalid - Finance,
• Tendai Mtana - Education
• Mohammed Ibrahim - Trade and Energy

Joho's manifesto stipulated the tasks he intends to achieve in his governorship. They are fishing, tourism, manufacturing, health and sanitation, solid waste management, roads and housing, among others.