President Uhuru Kenyatta has finally responded to insulting remarks from Embakasi East Member of Parliament Paul Ongili alias Babu Owino.
In a tweet, President Kenyatta urged political leaders to stop misleading the youth into insulting their elders.
"Let us stop going around teaching our young men to insult their elders but rather focus on giving our children a quality education," Uhuru stated.
On Sunday, Babu Owino while addressing an opposition rally at Stage 46 Kawangware made remarks that were considered insulting to the President.
He said: "If Muammar Gaddafi was removed by citizens, if Laurent Gbagbo was removed by citizens, if Yahya Jammmeh was removed by citizens, who are you? Wewe ni mtoto wa mbwa (You are the son of a dog)." While Babu denies insulting the President, the remarks are believed to have been directed at President Kenyatta.
Babu's remarks created a lot of reactions with Jubilee Party leaders including Kiambu Woman Representative Gathoni wa Muchomba and Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichungw'a warning that they would take action if Babu Owino was not arrested.
Mr Ongili, however, noted that he would not apologize to anyone for the remarks he made.
"I will not apologize to anyone because I called nobody’s name during my yesterday’s address.
"We have so many presidents in Kenya, from the President of SONU (Students Organization of Nairobi University) to all presidents of students union in Kenya, President of the Supreme Court, President of Youth Senate and many more," he wrote on his Facebook page.
The Embakasi East MP was later arrested and taken to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters along Kiambu Road for questioning.
He spent the night at Pangani Police Station before being arraigned in court on Tuesday.
