PREMIUM Justice Cecilia Githua: The calm judge behind ex-governor Obado's murder conviction She has been on the Bench for more than three decades. News Just now

According to her official Judiciary profile, Justice Githua "was appointed Judge of the High Court in 2011 after serving in the Judiciary for over 22 years as a Magistrate," a journey that began when she "joined the Judicial Service in 1989 as a District Magistrate II.

Lady Justice Cecilia Githua delivered the verdict at the Criminal Division of the High Court, where Obado and his former aides, Michael Oyamo and Caspal Obiero, were found guilty.

The High Court judge's calm delivery stood in sharp contrast to the tension inside the courtroom, where lawyers, family members, journalists and members of the public waited anxiously for the outcome of one of Kenya's longest-running and most closely watched murder trials.