Obado Arrives in Court for Sharon Otieno Murder Judgment
The court will rule after prosecutors called 42 witnesses and presented electronic evidence in the seven-year trial.
- On Thursday, the Milimani High Court delivered its verdict in the murder case of university student Sharon Otieno, nearly seven years after her death. Former Migori Governor Okoth Obado arrived at the Milimani Law Courts ahead of the judgment.
- Sharon Otieno, who was about seven months pregnant, was abducted alongside Nation Media Group journalist Barrack Oduor on September 3, 2018, after leaving a hotel in Rongo. Her body was discovered the following day near Kodera Forest in Homa Bay County.
- The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions called 42 witnesses to support murder charges against Former Migori Governor Okoth Obado, Michael Oyamo, and Caspal Obiero. Evidence included WhatsApp communications, SMS messages, and mobile phone call records.
- Chief Government pathologist Johansen Oduor concluded death resulted from strangulation and stab wounds. FIDA-Kenya noted the proceedings took nearly seven years to conclude, citing disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The trial, which garnered nationwide outrage, focused on Migori County officials and whether the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt the accused were responsible. The High Court's verdict concludes a case that has drawn widespread public attention for years.
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Kenya: High Court Set to Deliver Judgment in Sharon Otieno Murder Case
Nairobi -- The High Court is set to deliver its long-awaited judgment on Thursday in the murder case of slain university student Sharon Otieno, nearly seven years after her killing shocked the nation.
Ex-governor convicted of murdering a pregnant student in Kenya
Former Kenyan county governor Okoth Obado has been found guilty of murdering a pregnant 26-year-old university student with whom he had been having an affair. In 2018, Sharon Otieno’s bloodied body was found dumped in a thicket outside a small town in western Kenya. Obado, governor of Migori county at the time, and two co-accused were convicted on Thursday of arranging the killing. Otieno’s death sparked protests and highlighted the extent of vi…
Former Kenyan governor and two co-accused convicted of his pregnant girlfriend's murder - Newsy People
Former governor of Migori, Kenya, Okoth Obado, his former personal assistant and one other have been found guilty of m8rdering his pregnant girlfriend, Sharon Otieno. The judgment, delivered on Thursday, July 23, 2026 by the Criminal Division of the High Court at Milimani, brings to a close a high-profile m8rder trial that has gripped the country for more than seven years. Sharon, a 26-year-old university student, was abducted, r@ped and k!…
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