[Embakasi East MP Babu Owino in a past event. His tough speech directed to President Uhuru Kenyatta has caused anxiety in the country. Photo/Nation]
Although young and naïve in national politics, Embakasi East MP Paul Ongili alias Babu Owino’s revolutionary messages could be giving President Uhuru Kenyatta headaches.
Elected fresh from University of Nairobi student leadership, the young influential MP has been coming out guns blazing on the Head of State.
But his speech at Dagoretti on Sunday was the culmination of hard student politics that brought positive change to Kenya during the fight for pluralism.
“If Burkinafaso and Gambia presidents were ejected due to stupidity and what if in Kenya a president tries the same?, he asked, as the crowd in Dagoretti responded in affirmative.
“We shall match to State House and eject him. This habit of smoking marijuana must stop and if he can’t, we have people’s will to send him home,” he said.
Regarded as one of the smartest student leaders of his time, Owino has often directly attacked President Uhuru Kenyatta openly.
Ex- US president Barack obama tasked the youthful leader’s radical politics when he threatened to mobilize UoN students to streets if the former failed to visit the institution, a move that forced Uhuru to dialogue with him.