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Former Migori Governor Okoth Obado’s conviction for the brutal murder of Sharon Otieno is a searing indictment of how power, patriarchy and impunity have operated in our politics for years.
For nearly eight years, Sharon’s family, women’s rights defenders and journalists were forced to relive her abduction, the terror she endured and the discovery of her body in a forest, all while a powerful governor insisted this was mere suspicion. Yesterday’s verdict affirms that the law can, and must, pierce the armour of political office.
This judgment should now open the door for more unresolved cases to move from files to finality. Justice cannot stop with Sharon, it must extend to Baby Pendo, Albert Ojwang and thousands of other Kenyans whose lives were cut short through abuse of state power.
Justice for Sharon therefore means strengthening investigations, speeding up trials and dismantling the cultures that shield perpetrators when victims are poor, young or politically inconvenient. Each concluded case widens the path for families still waiting at mortuaries and court corridors for answers.
To every survivor and every bereaved family watching this case, your pain is real, but so is the Constitution. Our duty is to insist that no Kenyan death at the hands of power is too old or too political for accountability.
Sharon’s name must live not only as a warning to abusive power, but as a catalyst for a Kenya where state violence is met with immediate investigation, swift prosecution and zero tolerance.