PREMIUM The dizzying rise, power and thunderous fall of Okoth Obado News Just now Listen
When Justice Cecilia Githua found former Migori governor Zachary Okoth Obado and his two co-accused guilty of the September 2018 murder of Rongo University student Sharon Otieno, it marked the dramatic fall of a politician once regarded as one of the most influential figures in South Nyanza politics.
Former Migori Governor Zachary Okoth Obado is escorted out of the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi on July 23, 2026, after being found guilty of the 2018 murder of Sharon Otieno.
In her judgment on Thursday, Justice Githua found that the murder of the 26-year-old was the result of a carefully orchestrated plot involving Obado, his former personal assistant Michael Oyamo and his aide Caspal Obiero.
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