Babu Owino dares the government to arrest Raila
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Babu Owino dares the government to arrest Azimio leader Raila Odinga terming it tantamount to treason
Babu Owino dares the government to arrest Azimio leader Raila Odinga terming it tantamount to treason.
On March 21, Babu Owino, a member of parliament (MP) for Embakasi East, issued a warning that Azimio lawmakers would quit if the Kenya Kwanza government attempted to arrest opposition chief Raila Odinga
Speaking outside parliament buildings, Babu divulged that the arrest of Odinga would be tantamount to treason, owing to the high regard that the former Premier has in the country.
He made it clear that although the mass protest only caused business disruption in Nairobi, Odinga’s arrest would cause the county as a whole to come to a complete standstill.
“Raila Amollo Odinga is the fourth arm of the government. If you want this country to go down, even as much utter that you want to arrest him.
“We have 70 percent of the country and we the MPs will resign and we will fight a course that is going to clean this country one and for all,” Babu stated.
Babu Owino explained that the mass resignation would plunge the country into a Constitutional crisis with the legislature, the law-making arm of government, crippled.
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However, Constitutional Lawyer Bobby Mkangi explained that even if all MPs resigned, it would have no effect on Ruto’s presidency.
“What we will have is a grand by-election. There would be no General Election, not even if the governors and Members of the County Assembly reigned,” Mkangi explained.
Babu Owino’s remarks came hours after UDA MPs called on the Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome to go after Raila Odinga and Uhuru Kenyatta over the destruction of property during the March 20 mass action.
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