Mr Michael Oyamo, one of the key suspects in the murder of Rongo University student Sharon Otieno, walked to freedom on Tuesday.
But it was very short-lived, according to Homa Bay County Police Commander Marius Tum. Upon walking out of Homa Bay Police Station, detectives were waiting outside pounced on the former military man and bundled him into a vehicle.
Their plan? To ferry him to the capital Nairobi, where he is expected to be arraigned at the High Court in Milimani. Mr Tum told the Nation that they released the suspect to comply with orders issued by a magistrate court in Homa Bay.
According to the court order, Mr Oyamo was to be arraigned at the High Court by 9am on Tuesday or be freed.
“I want to make it clear that if the suspect is not brought before the High Court and charges levelled against him by 9am, he is a free man,” Homa Bay Senior Resident Magistrate Lester Simiyu said.
The latest development has elicited a lot of reactions on Social media with most people saying there is more that the police are not telling us in relation to the murder.
Waiting to hear an accident/attack has happened when he’s being transported or when he gets to Nairobi that he has recanted his statement. The killers walk and life moves on this is our Kenya the Kenya we live in. Killers walk and innocent blood spilt
— immy.mutheu (@immymutheu) September 11, 2018
@DCI_Kenya @ODPP_KE What kind of sick joke is this going on? I suggest the parents of Sharon take the body go burry count the loss, accept & move on for it might be a century wait for justice to be served with the games currently ongoing.
— Vincent (@ItsOnyango) September 11, 2018
This man doesn’t look worried. He knows what it means to be above law in this nation. Soon he will be free. Wait
— ß α s i l i c α. (@MrBasilica) September 11, 2018
And that is how the case is closed.
— ɐɹᴉƃu∀ ǝɹǝɔuᴉS (@sincerearigna1) September 11, 2018