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Deep-pocketed man at the centre of Obado’s troubles

Penina Auma Otago and her son Jared Peter Odoyo at the Milimani anti-corruption court on August 27, 2020. [File, Standard]

Before October 2018 when the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission came up with corruption allegations at the Migori County, not much was known about Jared Peter Odoyo Oluoch Kwaga.

The man could pass off as any other businessman, but beneath the secret life was a man EACC claims was the mastermind of the alleged theft at the county government which landed governor Okoth Obado in trouble.

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