InsiderOct 16, 2025 1:58 PM
Speaker of the National Assembly, Moses Wetang'ula, was reportedly forced to call on Embakasi East MP Babu Owino today to personally intervene.
And calm a massive, emotional crowd of mourners that had overwhelmed security and threatened to bring Parliament to a standstill.
The extraordinary move is being seen as a powerful, unofficial anointing of Babu Owino as the man who now commands the loyalty of the masses.
Embakasi East MP Babu Owino was seen climbing on top of a vehicle, holding a traditional 'Oboke' (green twig),
To address the thousands of supporters who had gathered to pay their respects to the late Raila Odinga.
The crowd, which had surged towards the gates of Parliament, had become uncontrollable,
With many scaling the walls and gates in a desperate attempt to get closer to their fallen leader's body, which was lying in state inside.
The Embakasi East MP's dramatic intervention reportedly came after the Speaker, seeing that the official security
Forces were unable to contain the sheer force of the crowd's grief, realised he needed to turn to the one man they would listen to.
Babu Owino successfully managed to speak to the supporters, urging them for calm and order in a moment of high national tension.
Speaker Moses Wetang'ula's decision to rely on Babu Owino in this moment of crisis is deeply significant.
It shows that while the government holds the formal instruments of power, it is Babu Owino who now appears to command the respect and authority on the streets.
This single act has done more than just calm a crowd; it has publicly cemented his position as a powerful front-runner in the race to inherit Raila Odinga's political kingdom.
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