Flying Squad Officers Arrest Embakasi East MP Babu Owino

Flying Squad Officers Arrest Embakasi East MP Babu Owino

Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino was reportedly arrested by flying squad officers outside Parliament buildings on Friday.

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) MP said he is being detained at Parklands Police Station.

Police are said to have questioned him over a recent incident in Westlands, where he and his bodyguards allegedly assaulted a Nairobi county parking attendant.

"They want to damage my image because they see me as a threat to becoming the Nairobi Governor in 2022," he told a local media via phone.

Earlier in the week, a video clip emerged showing him and his bodyguards roughing up a parking attendant at Fortis Plaza in Westlands, although he denied having being involved in such an incident.

In a Facebook post, Babu said: "Been arrested. Held at Parklands. Charges are two. Harbouring intention to overthrow government. Assault. It shall be well."

 

Comments

Imara (not verified)     Fri, 01/19/2018 @ 12:27pm

Ndugu Uhuru na Ruto:

Nawaombeni tafadhalini msiirudishe nchi yetu kwenye zile siku za giza za rais wa kwanza na wa pili baada ya kupata uhuru.

Nchi ya Kenya inaendelea kulipa mamilioni ya shilingi kutokana na utawala wa Ndugu Toroitich!

Mwaka uliopita wewe (uhuru) ulimtembelea Ndugu Matiba na kuona hali ya afya yake mbaya baada ya mateso aliyopata kutokana na uongozi wa kidekteta na kimabavu wa Toroitich.

Nawaulizeni' mngependa kukumbukwaje na historia baada ya miaka hamsini. Kutokana na misimamo yenu ya ajabu ya utawala, yaonekana dhahiri ya kwamba mnafuata nyayo za kiongozi wa kwanza na wa pili wa nchi yetu tukufu ya Kenya. MSIFANYE HIVYO!

Omera (not verified)     Fri, 01/19/2018 @ 02:12pm

@ Imara you need to go back to school or you need to grow up. You cannot equate such by referring to MOI. This idiot keep breaking laws and he keep getting away with it. How cheap can one being not to pay parking fee and what type of generation will we be raising if we keep praising and upholding such juvenile behavior in our society. People like this Owino should be jailed and relinquished of their position. If we continue like this my friend Kenya will be in a bad place.

Sukari (not verified)     Fri, 01/19/2018 @ 04:40pm

@Omera, I second you. Babu makes a mockery of the justice system as with so many of them, e.g Kuria. I feel the up and coming children have been robbed of their innocence and protection, we of a certain age were accorded as children. I mean, imagine the kids hear the matusi being thrown by these leaders, both nationally and internationally, then see them come to blows with each other in public. What is a parent or teacher left to teach children so wrongly exposed to this rot? Boy, I consider myself so lucky growing up protected when elders knew how to throw shade whilst delivering a potent message not easy to be decoded by the children. Afungwe and I dare say tried and sentenced.

Imara (not verified)     Fri, 01/19/2018 @ 05:28pm

Sukari:

Kenya ina mataifa 60. Tufanye kazi pamoja kama nchi ya Tanzania jirani ilivyofanya. Kenyatta na Toroitich waliweka misingi mibaya sana katika nchi yetu. Ni lazima tuwapige marufuku viongozi hawa wawili waliotuharibia nchi yetu hasa kwenye misingi yao ya kikabila.

Judy (not verified)     Sat, 01/20/2018 @ 02:02am

In reply to by Imara (not verified)

Your argument does not relate to Babu Owino's behavior. He needs to grow up and when he brakes the law, then face consequences.
Where does the mataifa 60 come into play?

Judy (not verified)     Sat, 01/20/2018 @ 01:59am

Imara, you make no sense, a personal behavior is the issue here, so where does Moi and Kenyatta leadership have to do with it. You are so tribal

Imara (not verified)     Sat, 01/20/2018 @ 04:03pm

@Judy: Uhuru and Ruto ni wanafunzi na pia wafuasi dhabiti wa misimamo ya kisiasa ya kimabavu na kidikteta ya kiongozi wa kwanza na wa pili wa nchi yetu. Yaonekana umesahau ya kwamba mambo Uhuru anayomfanyia Babu Awino ni sawa na mambo yaliyofanyiwa mwanabunge yeyote aliyepinga siasa za marais hawa wawili kwenye uongozi wao.

Kenya ina mataifa madogo 60. Kuna taifa la bandia linaloitwa "Luyia" lilolobuniwa na Waingereza walipoitawala nchi ya Kenya. Luyia ni sawa na kusema GEMA! Waluyia ni mkusanyiko wa mataifa madogo 18, ndio sababu nilifikia jumla ya mataifa madogo 60.

Maana ya kutumia neno la matusi "tribal" inamaanisha nini? Neno hili halitumiwi siku hizi. Ni neno lililotumiwa na Waingereza kuwagawanya watu wa Kenya. Hakuna makosa yoyote mtu kuwa Mgiriama na pia Mkenya. Mgiriama ni mojawapo ya mataifa madogo yanayoifanya nchi ya Kenya kuwa na mataifa madogo 60.

Kwa nini wewe ungali ukitumia jina la kikoloni "Judy?" Tulipata uhuru miaka 54 iliyopita halafu tukayatupa majina haya ya kikoloni. Hakuna kosa lolote kuitwa Nyambura au Wambua. Kosa kubwa kuitwa kama "Peter" au "Judy" baada ya kupata uhuru! Inaonekana ungali mtumwa wa Waingereza. Dada, amka. Kumekucha!

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