BREAKING! Obado Got Released From Jail On Bail

The court has on Friday released Migori Governor Okoth Obado on bail after dismissing an application to detain him pending conclusion of a firearms possession investigation.

The Kibera court freed Mr Obado on a Sh500,000 bond with surety of similar amount or Sh200, 000 cash bail and ordered him not to interfere with ongoing investigations.

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The state wanted the governor to be detained for 15 days. Governor Obado was arrested on Wednesday after police said they found 8 firearms after raiding his Nairobi and Migori homes.

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Besieged Migori governor Okoth Obado has denied knowing where the three unlicensed guns recovered by police in his Rapogi home came from.

In an affidavit filed in court, he says it has been years since he has been in the guardhouse where the guns were found. The court heard that the guardhouse, which is close to the main gate, is exclusively manned, managed, operated and utilised by security officers. “These officers are in active service under the National Police Service. I have not been to the guardhouse for years,” Obado says.

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He says bodyguard Joshua Odhoch told him two Ceska pistols were found in a metal suitcase. They were found in a guardhouse within the homestead during the search. Another bodyguard Raphael Ogejo was present.

Obado says it’s equally surprising that an unaccompanied EACC officer emerged from a room within the guardhouse waving a third gun. “I completely know nothing about the three illegal firearms purportedly recovered from the guardhouse in my homestead,” he says.

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In his defense, the governor said on November 13, the EACC raided his house in Lavington over alleged corruption and economic crimes and he voluntarily surrendered to his licensed gun. The officers later returned all the firearms to him and his security detail after they were satisfied the guns were held legally.

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Obado was arraigned in a Kibera court yesterday, where the prosecution asked the court to grant them 15 days to detain him to complete investigations.

State counsel Catherine Mwaniki told chief magistrate Joyce Gandani they need more time to establish whether the three illegal guns were used to commit other crimes.

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