I’M THE OPPOSITION NOW! – MP Babu Owino Declares
Babu Owino, Embakasi East Member of Parliament, has declared himself the last remaining opposition leader.
Mr. Owino, speaking on Citizen TV’s JKLive show, was responding to show host Jeff Koinange’s remark that the opposition political faction appears to have become complacent in its role of keeping the government under control.
The outspoken legislator also denied claims made by fellow show panelist and activist Boniface Mwangi that President William Ruto bribed MPs, including those in opposition, to pass the contentious Finance Bill, 2024.
According to Mr. Mwangi, the additional Ksh.30 million allocated to legislators in the new proposed budget for the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) amounts to an attempt to sway them in a certain direction.
“Ruto cannot afford Babu Owino, and that is why Babu on a daily basis comes out clear, guns blazing, against Ruto, because I went to Parliament to represent and work for my people,” said Mr. Owino.
“Because of the kind of lifestyle that I live while growing up, the kind of suffering…I know what it means to lack school fee, because I lacked at some point. So when I’m told that a child has been sent home, I know what it is.”
“When I see a mama mboga, I see my own mother who sold chang’aa to take us to school. When I see a boda boda rider, I see myself. When I see a youth who has lost hope in the slums, I think about myself.
Babu Owino, MP Embakasi East: Ruto cannot afford Babu Owino and that is why Babu on a daily basis comes out clear, guns blazing against Ruto because I went to Parliament to represent and work for my people. When I see a mama mboga I see my own mother who sold chang’aa to take us… pic.twitter.com/v2l1euquOt
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) June 19, 2024
“Therefore, the challenges that I experienced, I cannot allow other Kenyans to experience, and that is why I come out every other time to defend the rights of those who elected me.
“That is why there is the opposition, no matter few in number as at the moment, and there is Kenya Kwanza. I cannot justify the wrongdoings of Kenya Kwanza.”
Show host Jeff Koinange then questioned the Embakasi East MP, saying, “But Babu, there is no opposition,” to which he replied, “Babu is the opposition now!”
I’M THE OPPOSITION NOW! – MP Babu Owino Declares
