DNA tests are set to be conducted on Migori Governor Okoth Obado as detectives seek to establish whether he is connected to the abduction and murder of Rongo University student Sharon Otieno.
Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti on Tuesday confirmed the Governor would undergo the examinations even as officers carrying white boxes and wearing white lab coats were spotted making their way into the DCI regional offices in Kisumu, where Obado was being quizzed.
The Migori Governor drove himself to the DCI headquarters in Kisumu at about 9am on Tuesday after he was summoned by DCI boss George Kinoti.
Michael Oyamo, the Personal assistant to Governor Obado is a prime suspect in the murder of the 26-year-old student and also underwent DNA testing while in custody at the Oyugis Police Station.
Sharon, who was seven months pregnant at the time she was killed, is said to have claimed that the child she was carrying was Governor Obado's. She also alleged that Obado had abandoned her after she fell pregnant.
An autopsy carried out on her body by government pathologist Dr. Johansen Oduor last week revealed that the student was stabbed eight times and died from excessive bleeding. Dr. Oduor said that the unborn baby also had stab wounds.
“Sharon was stabbed three times on the neck, four times on the back and on the left side of the abdomen,” Dr Odour said.
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Money has been poured .. the dna test will be inconclusive and this gov will get off on a technicality ... hii kenya ina wenyewe ..