Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino is on the receiving end after it emerged that he orchestrated a fake WhatsApp group chap aimed at mudslinging the Nairobi City County Government.
A video posted on TikTok by Nairobi Chief Officer for Environment Geoffrey Mosiria explains why the WhatsApp group of is all but fake with all fingers pointing at the legislator who is rumoured to be angling himself to face off with Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja in the 2027 elections.
In the fake WhatsApp group chat, Babu and his group of cheap propaganda mechanism sought to point fingers at Governor Sakaja for allegedly planning the goons who infiltrated the demonstrations that rocked Nairobi CBD on Thursday when thousands of youths went to the streets to demand for justice for social media influencer Albert Ojwang.
Babu is well known for propaganda in a bid to whip emotions and tarnish the name of political competitors. In the latest attempt, Babu allegedly formed a WhatsApp group in which he is said to have Started propagating propaganda mechanism insinuating that the governor planned and paid the goons who were seen causing havoc in the CBD.
Babu Owino has been busted for the act which is synonymous with his modus operandi where he is accused of using the orthodox method to malign opponents.
In the chats, Governor Sakaja is allegedly planning to pay the planners of chaos.
On the ensuing demonstrations, infrastructure done by the county government was vandalized. To plan on how to hire goons to vandalize infrastructure done in several months would be insensitive rulling out any possibility of governor Sakaja’s involvement as Babu Owino hopes to explain.
It is the same tactics that Babu Owino has been using to whip emotions and use misfortune to gain political mileage. In the latest encounter, Governor Sakaja met with the family of Ojwang and pledged to pay the remaining fees balance for the influencer’s widow in college and offer her employment in the county government as well as paying for the education of his three months old child.
Babu Owino used the opportunity to form a WhatsApp group chat to insinuate that Sakaja planned all the chaos in his bid to use the death of Ojwang to seek support.
In the same style, Babu has been using such tactics to malign opponents and seek political mileage. During his days as a student leader at the University of Nairobi, Babu Owino using his group of goons planned and orchestrated the stabbing of competitor Mike Jacobs before blaming his opponents for the heinous acts.
The tragic point blank shooting of Deejay Evolve painted a devastating picture of the former Nairobi University students leader.
In the same style, Babu Owino rushed to make political capital after the tragic death of former Kariobangi North MCA Joel Munuve.
Babu openly blamed Sakaja for the death which the government pathologist ruled out any chances of foul play. Owino on the other hand went for the funeral service for the departed MCA blaming Sakaja for his death and eventually not offering any help to the family.