Michael Oyamo is well-known to by Migori residents and you would only talk in low tones as he uses violence to tame anyone down who talks or criticise Governor Okoth Obado.
According to those who know him well, he is a well trained former Kenya military officer who left the military in a cloud of darkness and later went to do various duties in Afghanistan and South Sudan.
He later returned to the country in the early 2000s with a lot of money and bought a bus which he used to carry passengers from Nairobi to Migori and back.
He used to leave in Nairobi’s Fedha estate where even his own neighbours confessed that he is one rough person who would get into fights and arguments over non issues.
Neighbours in Fedha Estate remember one instance when he beat his wife to the point of the wife remaining completely paralysed on one side.
Oyamo was not able to support his transport business and later operated a small butchery being going completely broke.
He was rescued by now Migori Governor Okoth Obado in 2012 who saw the opportunity to have him as his man who fixes all critics and ensures that the governor is feared all through the county.
Nobody dare criticise the governor in Migori. Even some parliamentarians would think twice before visiting the county if they have been critics of Obado because of the gang of hooligans coordinated by Michael Oyamo.
Michael Oyamo led a gang of thugs in kidnapping Daily Nation journalist Barrack Oduor and Sharon Otieno from Rongo town on Monday night. Barrack Oduor was able to jump off the moving vehicle while Sharon Otieno who was 7 months pregnant with a baby believed to be of the governor, was not lucky to escape.
Sharon’s lifeless body was found in K’Odera forest on Tuesday evening.