Babu Owino chides Ruto over his demeaning remarks towards Azimio
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Babu Owino asks William Ruto behave presidential and respect the office after the president threatened Azimio over protests
Babu Owino asks William Ruto behave presidential and respect the office after the president threatened Azimio over protests.
Embakasi East Member of Parliament Paul Ongili alias Babu Owino has chided President William Ruto over his recent remarks towards the opposition.
In a speech on Monday outside Milimani Law Courts, Owino urged the Head of State to act like a president and show respect for the position.
“If you are a president behave presidential do not behave like any other bystander or a villager. You must behave presidential, remember Kenya does not belong to you,” said Babu.
He added, “You are just a custodian of Kenyans’ interests, and you are holding power on behalf of Kenyans therefore, you must be presidential. You must respect that office.”
Babu Owino went on to tell President Ruto to stop threatening the opposition that he will deal with them ruthlessly if they hold protests.
The lawmaker at the same time asked the court to stop wasting time on politically instigated cases against Azimio politicians and supporters.
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“We want this case to be concluded within a week. We want to know if we are being imprisoned, let’s be imprisoned quickly. If we are being acquitted, let us be acquitted hurriedly,” said the ODM MP.
His remarks come after President Ruto told the opposition to agree that they will not push for a handshake or violent protests before the resumption of bipartisan negations.
Speaking on Monday in Nyeri, the President asked the opposition to denounce the handshake and violent demonstrations.
“If we agree on those two that there is no handshake and there is no violence then we can proceed as a country and we can discuss the rest of the things,” Ruto said on Monday in Nyeri.
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