Columnist Njoki Chege and Eambakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino. [Photo/sde.co.ke] Columnist Njoki Chege has written an open letter to Eambakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino following his recent woes.Through her weekly column City Girl, Chege has lauded Owino for his hard work. She however criticised him for allegedly insulting President Uhuru Kenyatta.Below is the letter:"I like you, Babu. I like your vim, courage and drive. You are a bit of a “drama queen”, with your silly little antics but all the same, I think I am right when I say you’ve got your heart in the right place.Many people don’t know how far you’ve come. As someone who has written your story a couple of times before, I know you grew up in a slum in Kisumu. To make ends meet, your beloved mother used to sell chang’aa and engage in menial jobs just to put food on the table.From what you have told me in the past, you had a rough childhood and started spending nights in police cells when you were still in primary school; when police would crackdown on chang’aa brewers.
This is not about insulting the President. Had you said that of anyone else, I still would have written this letter. My point is, it is very disappointing for a young person in Parliament to forget why he was elected and to engage in mindless, empty politics. You’re better than this.I am one of the few Kenyans who still believe that there is room for redemption. So pull yourself together, clean up your act and be the leader you were born to be.”