Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino. [Photo/NairobiNews]Embakasi East Member of Parliament Paul Ongili popularly known as Babu Owino has expressed his disappointment following the indefinite closure of University of Nairobi.The University was shut done on Tuesday morning with the university's senate citing deteriorating security situation.The students had planned to stage demos on Tuesday to protest brutality and police harassment, meted on them last week as well as call for the resignation of their Vice Chancellor Prof Peter Mbithi, for allowing police access to the institution, to beat them up.They had earlier protested the arrest of the vocal ODM legislator. Speaking during breakfast show at Hot 96, Wednesday morning , Owino hit out at President Uhuru Kenyatta's government saying it was the one behind the institution's immediate closure.He further noted Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria had earlier revealed the university will be closed."I am disappointed with the government for ordering the students be sent home," said the MP."We know that they are behind the closure of the University of Nairobi, MP Moses Kuria made the statement a day before and it passed yesterday," Owino added.Kuria had stated on Monday, "We will have the University closed for unlawful demos in the city."
The former SONU leader further accused the government of politicising the matter.