BABU OWINO DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM MAVERICK AOKO’S ATTACK ON IDA ODINGA

Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino has spoken out after Maverik Aoko made disrespectful comments about Mama Ida Odinga, the wife of the late former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga.

Aoko is known to support MP Owino, and some have claimed he is the source of her information. The MP has denied these claims. “Maverick Aoko is my friend and my fierce supporter, for which I’m truly grateful and appreciative,” said MP Babu Owino. “Oftentimes when she posts on X, people are under the impression that I am the one who tells her what to post.”

Owino also stated that he does not know where Aoko gets her information. “Maverick is an independent-minded person. I do not know her sources,” he said.

The MP further clarified that he has never asked Aoko to attack any member of the Odinga family or other prominent people. “I have never told her to attack the Odinga Family,” he said.

He cleared his good relationship with the Odinga family. “Winnie Odinga is my friend, Junior is my friend, and Rosemary is my friend too. How can I insult their only Mother? Mama Ida loves me like her own son, welcomes me home and gives me food whenever I visit her. I can never insult such a mum. She’s been good to me, and I love her,” Owino said.

His statement follows a harsh tweet from Aoko about Ida Odinga, which led some Odinga family supporters to link the attack to MP Owino.