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Acquittals: Do prominent persons get away without punishment?

Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino and his Kimilili counterpart Didmus Barasa. [File, Standard]

The CCTV footage at the heart of the criminal court case in which Embakasi East Member of Parliament (MP) Babu Owino was caught on camera allegedly shooting Felix Orinda aka DJ Evolve on January 17, 2020, at the B-Club nightspot in Nairobi's upmarket Kilimani neighbourhood is still on YouTube.

Time stamped and dated, the shocking video shows the MP whipping out a gun with his right hand and firing one round in the direction of the man standing in front of him while still holding on to the hose of a shisha pipe with his left hand.

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