Kenyan governor Okoth Obado has been charged in court with aiding and abetting the brutal murder of his ex-girlfriend, a pregnant student.
The married governor pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Obado’s arrest followed weeks of public anger after the body of Sharon Otieno, 26, was found in a forest.
A post-mortem revealed Otieno had been raped, and stabbed eight times in the neck, abdomen and back. She lost her unborn child during the brutal attack.
Obado, the governor of Migori County, has been remanded in custody, pending the outcome of his bail application on Tuesday.
In statement, Kenya’s chief prosecutor Noodin Haji said he had also given instructions for two of Obado’s aides to be charged – one for murder and the other for aiding and abetting murder.