The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has called for the life imprisonment of Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino.
Babu was arraigned at the Kibera Law Courts on Thursday morning facing charges of inflicting grievous harm to a voter, Joshua Otieno Obiende, on the August 8th, 2017. Mr Otieno was also seeking the Embakasi East parliamentary seat on an ANC Party ticket.
Owino was also accused of using force contrary to election laws on the same day as he assaulted Mr Obiende in the company of others.
The prosecution argued that if Owino is found guilty he should be jailed for life for possible contravention of Chapter Six of the Constitution and Leadership and Integrity Act.
The legislator was re-arrested outside Milimani Law Courts on Wednesday shortly after he was freed on a Sh500,000 cash bail with two sureties of Sh1 Million.
He had spent two nights in police cells after he was arrested over derogatory utterances against the Presidency.
Babu is facing two separate charges of subverting justice and making statements to create disaffection against the Presidency. He denied both counts at the Milimani Law Courts.
On claims that releasing the MP would cause chaos as witnessed through demonstrations in some Jubilee strongholds on Monday, Babu's lawyer Otiende Amollo submitted that detaining him would cause more chaos as his supporters would take to the streets to retaliate.
National Super Alliance (NASA) leaders strongly condemned how the 28-year-old MP was being handled and likened it to the dark days of detention.
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