Tibim! Tialala! The rise of the daring, fiery and unapologetic Babu Owino

Babu Owino

• The Babu Owino phenomenon began at the university, where he was student president a record four times
• Tibim, show of Guns, foul mouth and violence are synonymous to first time Opposition MP 
• It is the same psyche he has exported to the august House

One gloomy afternoon in 2015, a fired up lone preacher, or so he acted, surrounded by a band of loyalists took to the space between the Jomo Kenyatta Memorial Library and the iconic Hyslop Building inside the University of Nairobi main campus.

A spate of mysterious deaths had hit the university and the make-believe preacher wanted to intercede on behalf of students. A phony sign language interpreter besides him, the lanky preacher with Bible on one hand swung this way and that way, dangerously wagging his forefinger.