In a new ruling,Migori Governor Okoth Obado’s personal assistant and a county official have been released after five months in custody for the murder of Rongo University student Sharon Otieno.
Michael Oyamo and Migori county clerk Caspal Obiero walked to freedom after being released by Court of Appeal Judges William Ouko, Mohamed Warsame and Otieno Odek on a cash bail of Sh1 million each.
A while back in the same case Migori Governor Okoth Obado was on a Friday released on a Sh 500,000 bond or Sh 200,000 cash bail.
Magistrate Joyce Gondani ruled that prosecution had failed to establish why the governor should continue being held in custody.
On the other hand TV journalist Jacque Maribe was released on a cash bail of Sh 1 million or a bond of Sh2 million.
Her fiancé, Joseph ‘Jowie’ Irungu, who is the first accused in the murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani, was however denied bail.