Embakasi East MP, Babu Owino, now claims he is a target for top government officials who are orchestrating a well-coordinated and deliberate witch hunt against him, for declining state political offers.
According to the lawmaker, the top officials are mobilizing state agencies to manufacture corruption allegations with the sole objective of damaging his current political standing.
In a media briefing on Thursday, he alleged that some officials from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) have been included in the plot. He revealed that the EACC officials are on a mission to storm into his office at Greenspan Shopping Mall in Donholm, Nairobi, for that duty.
According to the vocal opposition MP, government operatives have persistently attempted to pressure him into aligning with President William Ruto’s regime through both direct and indirect engagement, including offers of political accommodation.
The MP has reaffirmed to remain on the side of the people, that he would rather remain to keep the government on toes than betraying Kenyans by aligning with the government. The MP, reiterated that Kenyans are still facing numerous issues such as the high cost of living, taxation policies, unemployment and the state of the healthcare sector, which have not all be sorted out by the government.
Defending his record in Embakasi East, Babu Owino insisted that all projects under his leadership have been executed transparently and in strict adherence to procurement regulations, maintaining that no company linked to him has been awarded tenders in the constituency and that all contracts are allocated through proper channels.
He further proceeded to challenge the authorities to inspect every project, stating that his office remains open to scrutiny but warned against politically motivated investigations.
He has also urged EACC officials to uphold its institutional independence and refrain from being drawn into partisan machinations, cautioning that any deviation from its legal mandate would compromise its credibility and expose it to existing perceptions of external influence in politically motivated prosecutions and selective enforcement of anti-corruption measures.
