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Babu Owino addresses claims of assaulting parking attendant

Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino. PHOTO | PAUL WAWERU

Embakasi East Member of Parliament, Babu Owino, has denied claims that he assaulted a parking attendant after he refused to pay for parking at a building in Westlands.

Owino is accused of getting physical at the Fortis Plaza in Westlands on Thursday, January 11.

A CCTV video, which has been widely shared online, shows a man physically lifting the barrier before he signals an SUV to drive past.

The outside barrier also goes up before the driver disembarks and an altercation ensues.

ALERT : Video. Embakasi East MP Babu Owino caught on Cctv camera Harassing a parking attendant who questioned him after failing to pay parking fees. SHARE WIDELY. cc. @PoliceKE @984inthemorning SHARE WIDELY. pic.twitter.com/hgOQyaA6iK

— Road Alerts (@RoadAlertsKE) January 15, 2018

It has been claimed that the man at the centre of it all is Owino.

But in a lewd Facebook post, the MP denied the claims, blaming Jubilee for his tribulations.

“JUBILEE MUST GIVE ME A BREAK. There’s a video doing round claiming that I harassed a parking attendant at Westlands. During the weekend I was in Mombasa and such claims should be treated with a lot of contempt. Kila kitu ni Babu, kama unatongoza msichana na akatae ni Babu, akikubali na usisimame ni Babu, ukisimama na ukam haraka ni Babu, mashetani washindwe,” retorted the MP.