Estranged Migori Governor Okoth Obado will now have to put a fresh battle following new murder charges labelled against him.
After days of consolidating Obado's murder case with those implicating his aides Michael Oyamo and Caspal Obiero, the prosecution team advanced the murder of Sharon Otieno's unborn child.
Postmortem carried on Ms. Otieno established that she was stabbed eight times, an indication that the killers were keen to eliminate the foetus.
Although Mr. Obado conceded being the father of the unborn baby, he however denied plotting for abduction and subsequent murder of Sharon and the baby.
In his rebuttal, Obado insists that he was ready to take care of his child, who the DNA test had also confirmed to be his.
At Milimani Law Courts, Mr. Obado denied killing the baby and was remanded for five more days as he awaits his bail application.