High Court Criminal Division Presiding Judge lady Jessie Lessit has issued nine tuff conditions to Governor Okoth Obado.
They are as follows:
1. Governor Okoth Obado may be released upon deposit into court of cash bail in the sum of Kshs. 5 million.
2. In addition the Governor will provide two sureties of Kshs. 5 million each.
3. The Governor must deposit all his travel documents including his Kenyan, East African and Diplomatic passports which holds.
4. He shall not go anywhere within 20 kilometers of HomaBay County boundary on all sides of that county.
5. He shall not contact or intimidate , whether directly or by proxy any of the witnesses in this case as per the witness statements and other documents supplied supplied by the state to the defence.
6. He shall not intimidate the parents, siblings or other close relations of the deceased.
7. He shall restrain from mentioning or discussing the deceased and or this case in gathering or political meetings.
8. The court will be at liberty to cancel this bail and bond and remand the Governor if any any of the following conditions which I hereby set as part of the terms upon which he is released, are breached.
9. He shall not cause an adjournment in this case.
10. He shall report once a month to the Deputy Registrar of this court.
The Governor Lawyer Cliff Ombeta told NairobiTimez they will appeal those conditions since the Governor home is near Homabay.
