Court frees Governor Okoth Obado from prosecution’s jaws in guns case

Migori governor Okoth Obado and his lawyer Cliff Ombeta at a Kibera court where police applied to hold him for 15 days for allegedly being in possession of firearms. [George Njunge / Standard]

Kibera Chief Magistrate Joyce Gandani came to the rescue of embattled Migori Governor Okoth Obado, saving him from prosecutors who wanted him detained for two weeks.

Ms Gandani’s decision came as a big relief for Obado, who is already having a battle of his life both at the courts over the murder of Rongo University student Sharon Otieno and to save his battered political image.