Kenya: Court Convicts Obado, Oyamo and Obiero Over Sharon Otieno Murder

What the report says

AllAfrica, carrying a Capital FM report from Nairobi, says Kenya’s High Court has convicted former Migori Governor Okoth Obado, his former personal assistant Michael Oyamo and former Migori County Clerk Caspal Obiero over the killing of university student Sharon Otieno. The judgment was delivered on Thursday, 23 July 2026, by Justice Cecilia Githua.

According to the report, the judge found that prosecutors had met the criminal standard of proof against the three men. The court concluded that Obado had a motive and that the accused acted with shared intent in the abduction and murder. Justice Githua also found that the evidence showed the respective roles each man played in the events before Otieno was killed.

The three were convicted on the murder charge, but punishment has not yet been imposed. Capital FM reported that sentencing is expected later, on a date to be determined by the court.

Otieno was killed in September 2018, and the case attracted wide public attention in Kenya, in part because she was reportedly seven months pregnant at the time of her death and because a sitting county-level political figure was implicated. The conviction marks a major step in a case that has remained in the courts for years, though any further legal moves after sentencing were not addressed in the supplied report.