1 House, 8 Guns! Is Okoth Obado a Criminal?? Truth is OUT

Police have revealed that the recovered eight guns from Migori governor Okoth Obado Nairobi and Migori home. 5 were recovered in Lavington while 3 were recovered in Migori.

The Directorae if Criminal Investigation (DCI) said that the guns would be subjected to ballistic examination and verification to establish whether they were licensed to be own by him. Police also raided the county offices in Migori.

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His homes were raided by officers from the Ethics and Anti corruption officers  who were searching for evidence linking him to the proxy companies that were allegedly used to siphon Sh. 2 billion from Migori county.

The EACC claimed that companies registered to the county chief’s relatives were used to transact with the count. The transactions amounted toKsh1,971,179,180 in the last three years.

Five of the firearms were recovered in Nairobi while sources within EACC said they recovered another three in Migori. The reports could not independently authenticate the claims because the homes were heavily guarded.

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The detectives pounced at dawn, and spent hours rummaging through documents that could help in their investigations into alleged misappropriation of Sh2 billion in Migori County.

The Firearms Act is silent on the number of pistols a licensed civilian should own, but is specific on the type of firearms to be licensed for.

Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti said the firearms would be subjected to ballistic examinations and verification of certificates at the Central Firearms Bureau (CFB).

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It is not clear how long the investigations and the studying of the documents would take, but EACC retained the electronics and the documents that were seized.

The rural home of the governor remained highly guarded for the period that the detectives were looking for the documents.

But our freedom there was limited and suspicious faces were all over us. As soon as we alighted from our vehicle, several people rushed to where we were.

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In a matter of seconds, a tall slender man who had been guarding the main gate and who had allowed us in was on our case, demanding to know who we were and our mission there.

“Nyinyi ni akina nani na mnataka nini hapa? (Who are you and what do you want here?)” he asked. When he failed to quickly get a response, he started shouting, attracting the attention of other people in the homestead.

“We have been peaceful all along, but you are now bringing trouble,” he said.

Now growing impatient, the group turned to the EACC officers near us and who we had worked with in other raids across South Nyanza region. We hoped they would say a word that would rescue us.

But we were not lucky. A dark plump man of medium height walked towards us, followed by a group of people.

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“I am in charge of Mr Obado’s security here. Just get out of here!” he said as he ordered our driver out of the compound in broken Swahili, telling us to go wait for the EACC group at Rapogi trading centre.

EACC South Nyanza director David Kang’ara, who led the operation, declined to speak to the media and instead referred us to their Nairobi office. “Please talk to our Nairobi team,” he said as he hang up.

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