He was larger than life. A political behemoth who was daring, wealthy, unafraid, and took opponents head-on, and was building himself as a force to reckon with in Nyanza politics.

At the peak of his political career, convicted murderer Okoth Obado was not just your ordinary county chief. He was softly loud, commanded significant support in Migori, and was one of the few and rare political titans to successfully stand up against the late ODM leader Raila Odinga’s political juggernaut, ODM.