Weekly reports indicate that at times, Obado has taken to mumbling to himself and cries almost all the time. Due to his strange behaviors, he is keenly monitored by prison warders.
Though Migori governor Okoth Obado manages a smile and cuts a figure of confidence whenever he appears in Court in crisp suits, his behavior at the Industrial Area remand tells of a man deeply depressed with fears that he might be going mad.
His woes seemed to have been compounded when his stay in prison was extended last week after High Court Judge Jessie Lesiit pushed ruling on bail application to October 24.
The other prisoners, anxiously look at him whenever they spot him and refer to him as governor. The County chief who allegedly owns Sh1Million bed sometimes abandons the mattress given to him in the cells and prefers the cold floor.
He does not go and pick food as it is required but is served by one of his co-accused.
During the day, the remandees have allowed him to be sitting in the only available chair in the open area while they sit on the ground.
Following his hospitalization at Kenyatta National Hospital, the governor is now getting a special meal while the other remandees eat half-cooked ugali and cabbages.
He is also being allowed to get milk and bottled water after paying the warders.
Like all the other prisoners, he is using his hands to eat.
Whenever Obado’s wife, Hellen, children and sisters visit him, when they leave, the governor openly sheds tears.
Obado who was arrested on September 21 for the murder of his Pregnant girlfriend Sharon Otieno wears the image of a lonely figure and talks to himself- a clear sign of depression.