High Court Judge, Jessie Lessit has today granted Migori County Governor, Okoth Obado bail for the case against the murder of slain Migori University student, Sharon Otieno.
Prior to the bail hearing this morning, the Migori County governor had been in police custody at the Industrial Area Police remand for over a month after he was accused of having connection to the murder of Sharon Otieno and her unborn baby.
Although the Court heard the Governor’s plea and granted him the cash bail of five million Kenya shillings, it did not come on a silver platter.
The High Court Judge gave the Migori Governor strict conditions saying that the Court was at liberty to cancel the bail at any given time. Some of the rules include:
- The governor is not allowed to go more than 20 kilometers outside his county of Migori
- The governor is expected to the Deputy registrar once every month.
- The governor is required to surrender all travel documents which include his Kenyan, East African and diplomatic passports.
- The governor should not at any time come into contact or close proximity to witnesses.
- The governor must not intimidate the family (immediate parents and siblings) or any other persons related to the deceased.
- The governor is not allowed to cause an adjournment in the case.
- The governor is prohibited from mentioning the deceased or the case in gatherings and/or political meetings whether in public or private.
Sharon was abducted and murdered on September 3rd 2018 when her body was found lying dead in cold blood in a thicket. According to the postmortem reports Sharon bled to death after being stabbed severally. Her unborn baby was also stabbed to death through the spine.
Should the Migori Governor breach these conditions, the court has the freedom to cancel his bail.