Marwa Range

Aden Marwa Range is a football referee from Kenya.

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 2012 [Africa Cup of Nations|2012] and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. Marwa was named as a reserve official at the 2014 [FIFA World Cup] and an assistant referee at the 2016 FIFA [Club World Cup]. He was included as CAF's assistant referee in the 2017 FIFA [Confederations Cup], where he served alongside Bakary Gassama, Jean-Claude Birumushahu and Malang Diedhiou.

2018 FIFA World Cup removal

Marwa was due to officiate at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, but a week before the tournament was due to start, the BBC 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.