Delivering the judgment on Thursday, July 23, 2026, Justice Cecilia Githua ruled that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that the three men were responsible for Sharon's killing.
The court found that Obado supplied the motive, instigation and funds to finance the crime, while Obiero handled logistics and concealment to avoid detection, and Oyamo played a central role in executing the plan.
Sharon, then 26 and 28 weeks pregnant, was abducted, raped and killed in September 2018 in Owade, Homa Bay County.
The judge rejected Obado's claims that he had accepted the pregnancy and continued supporting Sharon financially, noting instead that he grew evasive and withdrew support once the affair risked becoming public.
Following the conviction, the court cancelled the bonds of all three men after the prosecution sought their remand pending sentencing, meaning they will now remain in custody.
For Obado, who left home in his Lexus and was received jubilantly by supporters outside the courthouse earlier that day, the ruling marked a dramatic reversal of fortune, ending nearly eight years of freedom while the case dragged through trial.
Sharon's family, through their lawyer Victor Hezekiah, welcomed the verdict, describing the eight-year wait as gruesome and expressing gratitude that justice had finally been served.
Obado, a former teacher, school principal and two-term Migori governor, later returned to national politics after his tenure, aligning himself with the Kenya Kwanza administration.
Sentencing and any potential appeal remain separate stages of the case, with the trio now facing strict prison protocols as convicted murderers.
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