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Obado knew Sharon, sources reveal as new details emerge

Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma (center) and Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor (right) address journalists at Rachuonyo South Sub county Hospital mortuary on Friday after an autopsy on the body of slain Rongo University student Sharon Otieno. (James Omoro, Standard)

Migori Governor Okoth Obado remained mum over the murder of university student Sharon Otieno even as sources close to him confirmed that he indeed knew the young woman.

The revelations from the inner sanctum of the governor’s relations came as an autopsy on Sharon’s body breathed a new life to the investigations which have since been taken over by Nairobi-based homicide detectives.

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