DPP Ingonga seeks deterrent sentence for Obado, two aides over Sharon Otieno murder

The DPP Renson Ingonga has urged the High Court to impose a deterrent sentence on former Migori governor Okoth Obado and his two aides citing the planned nature of Sharon Otieno's murder, abuse of trust and the harm caused to her family. Ingonga, through State prosecutor Gikui Gichuhi, submitted that the circumstances surrounding the murder called for a sentence that reflects the gravity of the offence, the culpability of the three convicts and the public interest. Gichuhi made the submissions before Justice Cecilia Githua on Wednesday during the sentencing hearing of Obado , his former personal assistant Michael Juma Oyamo and former Migori County clerk Caspal Ojwang Obiero. She said the court subsequently considered the evidence and convicted the three of Sharon's murder.