This archive report was first published on 15 July 2019.
On September 7, 2018, the lifeless body of Sharon Otieno, a Rongo University student, was discovered in a forest in Oyugis, Homa Bay County. The gruesome murder sparked widespread outrage and calls for justice.
According to a postmortem examination, Sharon was strangled, stabbed eight times, and possibly raped by her assailants. Her unborn baby was also stabbed, leading to its death. The Government Chief Pathologist, Johansen Oduor, established that there were elements of rape surrounding Sharon's death.
Sharon's family has been demanding justice, and Homa Bay MP Peter Opondo Kaluma has vowed that her burial will not take place until her killers are apprehended. The family has rejected lawyer Cliff Ombeta, who was representing Migori Governor Okoth Obado's interests.
On July 15, 2019, the family insisted that Sharon's body be removed from Rachuonyo South Sub-County Hospital morgue in Oyugis and transferred to Kirindo mortuary. They said they were not comfortable with the body lying at the former morgue. A postmortem examination on the late Sharon's body revealed that she was strangled, stabbed eight times and possibly raped by her assailants.
