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Okoth Obado at the centre of renewed debate on how Kenya handles corruption cases through plea bargains and asset forfeiture [File, Standard].
It’s time to rethink plea bargains in graft cases
Last week, a Nairobi court terminated the Sh73.5 million corruption trial of former Migori Governor Okoth Obado by allowing a plea deal that compelled him to forfeit Sh235 million to the State.
Understandably, many Kenyans were surprised by the deal that ended neither an acquittal nor a conviction after a protracted six-year trial in which the prosecution called just one witness.
