This archive report was first published on 29 October 2019.
Published on October 29, 2019, the hearing of the case where Migori Governor Okoth Obado is charged with the murder of Rongo University student Sharon Otieno is scheduled for December 2 and 3 this year.
Thirty witnesses have been lined up to testify against Governor Obado, who is charged alongside his personal assistant Michael Oyamo and Casper Obiero, a clerk in Migori County.
According to the prosecution, there are two protected witnesses.
Obado and his co-accused pleaded not guilty in September last year, denying the charges of killing Sharon and her seven-month unborn baby.
They were released on bail, with Governor Obado given a cash bail of Ksh.5 million and two sureties of Ksh.5 million each.
Mr. Obiero and Mr. Oyamo were initially denied bail but were later freed on a cash bail of Ksh.1 million each or an alternative bond of Ksh.2 million each.
Sharon Otieno, a 26-year-old student, went missing on September 3 last year after a meeting with a Nation journalist in Migori.
Her body was found two days later near Kodera Forest in Homa Bay County, with a post-mortem revealing she was stabbed eight times, strangled, and raped.
