A witness has testified in court that that how the late Rongo University student Sharon Otieno demanded a Sh25 million house and another Sh5 million for upkeep from Migori governor Okoth Obado.
Former Homa Bay county MCA Lawrence Mule who was testifying in the murder case against Obado revealed that the deceased desired to live a glamorous life after getting pregnant for the former governor.
Mule who was testifying in the murder case involving Obado, his personal assistant Michael Oyamo and Casper Obiero, a clerk at Migori County, narrated how Sharon wanted to be recognised as the governor’s wife as she was carrying his child.
The court heard that the late Sharon also wanted a good car befitting a governor’s wife.
He narrated how he met Sharon at a hotel in Homa Bay in July 2018 while he was having tea.
“I was taking my tea, when a lady came to my table and introduced herself as Sharon… She wanted some assistance from me saying she knew me as an MCA. She told me she was a little sick and she requested for Sh5,000 from me”
“I told her I could not manage that amount of money but I would get her something the next day… From my assessment, she looked six months pregnant,” Mule told the court.
Mule told further said that he met Sharon the next day and gave her Sh1,500. Sharon after receiving the money asked him if he knew any journalist to which he responded that he knew many scribes.
“The lady wanted the governor to buy her a house in Nairobi or Kisumu and give her money…that’s where the two were not agreeing…The governor was saying the demands were too high. My suggestion was to make the two calm down and settle the main problem which was Sharon’s welfare,” Mule told the court.
“After a long discussion the governor requested me to control the matter for him because he felt I was more mature…. I understood family matters than them and I told him I will try and I told him I know the journalist more than Sharon whom I don’t know if she will understand me,” Mule added.
