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Hearing on Sharon Otieno’s murder is postponed while Obado’s co-accused laments family loss

Posted on by Ozymandias

The murder trial of former Migori Governor Okoth Obado, regarding the killing of university student Sharon Otieno, has been adjourned to May 6, 2024. This adjournment was requested by a co-accused, Caspal Obiero, who tragically lost his wife and child in a road accident.

During the hearing, Obiero’s defense lawyer, Meso Ogada, explained that the accident occurred in March 2024, and the burial was delayed due to financial constraints and Luo cultural rituals associated with the loss of a spouse.

Both Ogada and co-counsel Elisha Ongoya requested the court’s indulgence, citing Obiero’s inability to participate in the proceedings as he prepared for the burial. The prosecution did not oppose the request.

In response, Magistrate Cecilia Githua granted the adjournment, expressing sympathy for Obiero’s loss. The judge ordered the resumption of the trial on May 6.

The case involves Obado, his former personal assistant Michael Oyamo, and clerk Obiero, who are accused of the murder of Sharon and her unborn child on September 3, 2018, in HomaBay County. DNA test results revealed that Obado was the father of Sharon’s unborn child.

All defendants remain out on bond pending further proceedings.

Taxi Driver Jackson Gombe to Face Cross-Examination in Sharon Otieno Murder Case

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The cross-examination of taxi driver Jackson Gombe in the murder case of Sharon Otieno will continue today before High Court Judge Cecilia Githua.

Last week, Gombe was put to task by defense lawyers Rodgers Sagana and Kioki Kilukumi to explain inconsistencies in his evidence. One of the inconsistencies was Gombe’s claim that he had left his phone charging at a shop in Migori when he started his journey to Oyugis. However, call data records produced in court show that Gombe’s phone was active from 4pm to midnight, and was captured roaming in different locations.

Sagana asked Gombe to explain how his phone could have been active if he had left it at a shop. Gombe said that he did not write that part of his statement, and that he may not have been paying attention to the details when he signed it. He maintained that he had left his phone at a shop in Migori, and that the shop keeper or his brother was attending to it.

The cross-examination is expected to continue today, and it is likely that Gombe will be asked to provide further details about his movements on the day of Sharon Otieno’s murder.

Here are some additional details about the case:

  • Sharon Otieno was a 26-year-old law student who was found dead in a thicket in Kodera forest in September 2018.
  • She was allegedly abducted by Jackson Gombe and two other men, who were working for former Migori governor Okoth Obado.
  • Obado is accused of masterminding Sharon Otieno’s murder, and he is currently on trial.
  • The case has attracted widespread attention in Kenya, and it has been seen as a test of the country’s commitment to fighting gender-based violence.

Esther Passaris flags off ‘professional mourners’ traveling to Homa Bay to attend Sharon Otieno’s burial (Photos)

Posted on by Martin Oduor

The late Sharon Otieno will be laid to rest today Friday October 19th. Her body left Kirindo mortuary on October 18th for Magare village in Homa Bay county.

Nairobi Women Representative Esther Passaris on Thursday evening saw off a group of mourners who were leaving the capital for Homa Bay to attend Sharon’s funeral.

The group traveling to Homa Bay was sending a strong message to Migori governor Okoth Obado and the nation at large, they wore t-shirts written “A nation free from sexual violence, stigma and discrimination”.

Critics

Some critics however dismissed the group claiming they had ulterior motive, some claimed they were the so called ‘paid professional mourners’ who were included in the fake burial budget.

Also read: “Kes 300,000 for hiring professional mourners?” Sharon Otieno’s family set the record straight about burial budget

 

 

 

 

In pictures: Sharon Otieno’s body leaves mortuary for her grandfather’s home after husband refuses to claim her body

Posted on by Martin Oduor

The late Sharon Otieno will be buried today Friday October 19th. Her body left Kirindo mortuary on October 18th for Magare village in Homabay county.

For starters, Sharon’s lifeless body was found near Kodera forest in Homa Bay on September 4th, a day after she was abducted alongside Nation Media Group journalist Barrack Oduor.

The casket carrying the remains of the late Sharon Otieno
The casket carrying the remains of the late Sharon Otieno

Sharon was heavily pregnant for Migori governor Okoth Obado when she was killed. The governor and other suspects are still in police custody in connection with Sharon’s death.

Final resting place

According to Luo culture, a woman is usually buried at their husband’s home even if she ran away – as long as  she has children and the man paid dowry for her.

Sharon Otieno's casket being loaded into the hearse
Sharon Otieno’s casket being loaded into the hearse

Sharon was married to Bernard Owuor Okuta even though she was fooling around with Obado. She will however be buried at her paternal grandfather’s compound in Magare village after her husband refused to claim her body.

“We stopped waiting for her so-called husband to reach out to us. There are young men who have started digging the grave. The grave will be ready this evening,” burial committee chairman Elijah Opiyo told the press.

The hearse carrying Sharon Otieno's body leaves the mortuary for her grandfather's home
The hearse carrying Sharon Otieno’s body leaves the mortuary for her grandfather’s home

Sharon’s mother Melida Auma fainted when the body arrived at her grandfather’s home. She was taken to her home, which is close by, for first aid.

 

 

 

“Kes 300,000 for hiring professional mourners?” Sharon Otieno’s family set the record straight about burial budget

Posted on by Martin Oduor

The late Sharon Otieno is set to be laid to rest on October 19th. Copy of the burial budget which has been doing rounds on social media has set tongues wagging.

BURIAL BUDGET FOR THE LATE SHARON OTIENO (LEAKED) – FINAL COPY

1.Mortuary Bill-130k
2.Hearse-78k
3.School buses(13)@30k=390k
4.Professional mourners (100pple) from Migori county @1k=100k And 2 from Ghana @100K
5.Big tents(50)-@4k=200k
6.Chairs(5000)@20=100k
7.Decor for 50 tents@3k=150k
8.Dressing 5000 chairs@60=300k
9. P.A system-100k
10.Dias-500k(KenTrack sounds)
11.Joyeng’o (10 guys)-@1k=10k
12.Jokuny bur(8guys)-@1k= 8k
13.Security(Men in black) (30 guys)@2k = 60k
14.Goats(30)@ 6k=180k
15.Sheep(10)@5k=50k
16.Hen (300)-@1k=300k
17.Fish-(china fish)-30 cartons@ 80k
18.Catering-200k from Mwanza, Tanzania
19.Family dressings(25 members)@4k=100k
20.Sharon’s Dressing@30k
21.Coffin@120k imported from England
22.Shopping @100k(lunch during burial)
23.Shopping for Arita(night vigil and after burial)@30k
24.Car hire(2 Cruisers V8 for Sharon’s parents) @25k
25.Contigencies-@100k

Total= Kshs 2,338,050 Million

Late Sharon Otieno
Late Sharon Otieno
Fake budget

Sharon’s family has come out to dismiss the burial budget doing rounds on social media. Funeral committee chairman Elijah Opiyo on Monday October 15th told journalists in Homa Bay that Sharon’s burial budget was Kes 1.1 million.

He said social media users were out to portray the family as being obsessed with luxuries which is not the case at all.

 

 

 

Luos jamani, supremacy even in funeral! Sharon Otieno’s family at loggerheads with another family over burial date

Posted on by Martin Oduor

A month has passed since Sharon Otieno died, the 26-year-old mother of three was abducted and later murdered on September 3rd.

Sharon was slated to be laid to rest on October 19th at her grandfather’s home in Magare Village, Kanyabala location. Her burial is going to however cost her family a fortune. According to the funeral committee chairman Elijah Opiyo, giving her decent send off will cost them at least Kes 1 million.

Sharon Otieno
Sharon Otieno
Supremacy battle

But now there is a supremacy battle that could possibly see Sharon’s burial postponed. A former late councilor is to be laid to rest on the same day that Sharon is supposed to be buried.

Both families want the media attention and don’t want their respective funeral to be overshadowed. This situation has caused tension between the two families which hail from the same village in Homa Bay County.

“There is confusion on who should be laid to rest first between Otieno and the former councilor but we maintain that she will be laid to rest on Friday next week,” family spokesperson Pablo Anyanga told Nation.

 

 

 

Migori governor killed Sharon Otieno because she was cheating on him with his own son?

Posted on by Martin Oduor

All preliminary evidence points Migori governor Okoth Obado to the brutal murder of Sharon Otieno. The governor’s aide Michael Oyamo is the key suspect in the murder and he is helping police with their investigations.

Nation journalist Barrack Oduor, who was with Sharon when they were abducted, confirmed that the deceased was pregnant with the governor’s baby.

In an interview with NTV, Oduor reveals that governor Obado was pestering Sharon to terminate the pregnancy against her will to keep it.

Obado and son shared Sharon?

Oduor further discloses that Sharon told him that her relationship with Obado turned sour after the governor discovered that she had been chatting with his own son.

The Migori governor accused Sharon of having an affair with his own son and he started neglecting her. The Nation journalist contacted Obado through John Mbadi so as to get his side of the story.

The governor would not deny or confirm the allegations but he told the Nation journalist that his personal assistant Michael Oyamo would handle the issue.

And the issue was handled by Sharon Otieno being murdered while Nation journalist cheated death by jumping off a moving car when he was abducted alongside Sharon.

 

 

Sharon Otieno’s mum: I warned Sharon to stop dating politician after she got pregnant

Posted on by Pauline Syombua

Sharon Otieno’s mother has come out to share that she had warned her daughter do stop dating the politician who allegedly killed her.

Speaking to the media, Melida Auma said that she told her daughter to leave the politician after she got pregnant but she claimed he had promised him a house and a take care of her child.

“I remember at her early stages of pregnancy, I asked her to tell us who was responsible for it and she told me it was Governor Obado. At one time she even said he had promised to buy her a house, take care of her pregnancy and the baby when it was born,” Auma said.

 

Student

Sharon Otieno was abducted few days ago with nation journalist odour, who managed to fight off the kidnappers and run away with several injuries. Sharon Otieno was seven months pregnant and a student at Rongo University studying Medical records and information. She was a second year.

Janet Mbugua, John Allan Namu and other journalists come out to defend Sharon Otieno after KOT fails to show empathy

Posted on by Martin Oduor

Sharon Beryln Otieno’s brutal murder shocked the country, but most people agree that her death should be a lesson to girls seeking shortcut in life by eloping with sponsors.

Sharon, a second year student at Rongo university, was allegedly fooling around with Migori governor Okoth Obado. She met her end after she was abducted alongside Nation journalist Barack Oduor who was investigating her love story with the governor which had gone sour.

Her lifeless body was found dumped in the heart of the dense Kodera Forest in Homay Bay. She was only 26 at the time of her death.

Sharon Beryln Otieno
Sharon Beryln Otieno
MPs react

Homa Bay Woman rep Gladys Wanga and her Migori counterpart Pamela Odhiambo have called on girls to focus on education and avoid shortcuts following Sharon’s death.

“Our girls…this must be a lesson to you…it doesn’t matter where you come from but be contented with what you have and focus…leave alone the sponsors and focus.  It is a very sad morning, this act must be condemned. This is the true test for the DCI because it is alleged that the high and mighty are involved. It does not matter who you are, nobody deserves to take a life …we want the real person behind this matter arrested and charged with the murder of Sharon,” said Wanga.

Journalists react

Journalists including Janet Mbugua, John Allan Namu, Carol Radull, Ciru Muiruri came out to defend Sharon Otieno after most Kenyans condemned her for fooling around with sponsors.

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