Reports have emerged that the Migori Governor was to travel to Kigali Rwanda on the 4th September where he was meant to represent the Council of Governors at the ongoing African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) as the COGs Agriculture Committee Chairman.
According to sources the Governor had planned to travel on September 4, a day after Sharon Otieno and journalist Barrack Oduor were abducted.
The AGRF event kicked off on Wednesday, September 5, the day Ms Otieno’s body was discovered in a thicket in Oyugis, Homa Bay County and concludes on Saturday, September 8, but the governor is not in Kigali.
In a statement the source indicated that, “It is true the governor was to represent the CoG at the event in Rwanda but I cannot authoritatively tell you about his whereabouts. Let your Nairobi team check for him in the city.”
Another source revealed that the governor was last seen in office last week and that he travelled to Nairobi on Monday awaiting his Tuesday travel to Rwanda.
Monday is the day Ms Otieno and Mr Oduor were abducted. The governor’s press secretary Mr Nicholas Anyuor was cagey over the governor’s whereabouts.
The official said he could not comment on the governor’s locations but only respond to any queries directed at his boss.
According to Anyuor, “Why do you want to know where the governor is? I am his press secretary and whatever I tell you is his response.”
On Wednesday, at the governors elaborate Rapogi home in Uriri, riot police were deployed on Wednesday as students of Rongo University protested against Ms Otieno’s killing.
On Thursday, there was minimal activity at the home.
The usual sirens that normally rent the air as the governor arrives and leaves were conspicuously silent.