“Stop lying!” Babu Owino denies being bailed out of police cells by Governor Sakaja

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“Stop lying!” Babu Owino denies being bailed out of police cells by Governor Sakaja

Embakasi East Member of Parliament (MP) Babu Owino is once again hitting out at Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja.

On Wednesday, Governor Sakaja in an address at Bomas of Kenya claimed he had bailed out MP Babu Owino from police cells.

“My work of bringing people together has not started recently. When Babu Owino was arrested, who bailed him out? I believe in one Nairobi.”

An irked Babu Owino responded on X (formerly Twitter) claiming Sakaja was once again lying to Kenyans.

“Stop lying to Kenyans Sakaja Johnson cool kid. You came to parklands police station for political mileage. I paid my own cash bail of 100k.

“I have been arrested so many times and you can still see me around, do you want to say that you’ve been helping me with my cases?” he posed.

Two hours later, Owino shared a video clip showing an alleged group of Nairobi County workers in protest chanting “Sakaja must go!”

“Mambo imechemka as Nairobi county workers are fed up. (Things are boiling as Nairobi County workers are fed up),” the lawmaker wrote.

Earlier in the say, the county boss threatened to fire some of his staff, claiming they were disrespecting his leadership.

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