DNA results show 99.99% chance Obado fathered Sharon Otieno’s unborn child, court told

In a twist in the trial of former Migori Governor Okoth Obado, and two other co-accused persons implicated in the 2018 murder of Rongo University student Sharon Otieno, fresh DNA results have established with a 99.99% certainty that the ex-county boss was the father of the deceased's unborn child.

The revelation was made by a prosecution witness attached to a Cyber Crime Investigations sub-unit under the DCI's Serious Crime Unit, who testified before Justice Cecilia Githua at the Milimani High Court on Tuesday.

"The witness told the court that DNA test results revealed that there was a 99.99% that Okoth Obado was the father of Sharon Otieno's unborn child," the Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) said in a statement on X.

Additionally, the witness presented photographic exhibits from the scene of the alleged murder, disclosing that interrogations established that both Obado and his then personal assistant, Michael Oyamo, were well-acquainted with the deceased.

The witness further confirmed to the court that Sharon was approximately seven months pregnant at the time of her death.

According to the witness, a post-mortem conducted on Sharon revealed that she and her unborn child died of severe haemorrhaging caused by a sharp object force trauma and abdominal trauma caused by a sharp object, respectively.

"It was visible from the deceased’s body that she was pregnant and that the body had visible injuries of a knife stub on the left side close to the heart," the ODPP stated.

The testimony further implicated the third accused person, Caspal Obiero, in the murder, highlighting that he hired the vehicle that was used by the perpetrator to meet the deceased.

"It also showed how he (Obiero) played a role in getting doctored medical documents from Kisii Referral Hospital," said the ODPP.