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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino Sunday said he has finally come to terms with the reality that William Ruto is the president of Kenya.<\/p>\n

Babu was on record casting aspersions on Ruto’s August 9 Presidential Election victory.<\/p>\n

The second-term legislator now says there is an urgent need to elect the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to put the government in check.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeo nimeamini him kitu ilienda Kweli. Ni kama not. (It has finally dawned on me that we lost the election. This is a nightmare),\u201d Babu wrote on his social media page.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must get PAC chairman as opposition to oversight the Government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In a past interview, Babu said he was demotivated, and felt like a wounded ODM soldier who has been overlooked, betrayed and shortchanged.<\/p>\n

His outburst came amid reports he had allegedly been overlooked for the position of chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly.<\/p>\n

The lucrative committee \u2014 traditionally reserved for the opposition \u2014 is entrusted with scrutinising the financial expenditure of the government and taxpayers\u2019 money.<\/p>\n

It also ensures transparency and accountability within the government and makes recommendations to ensure taxpayers receive the best value for money on government spending.<\/p>\n

PAC serves for three calendar years and the one that succeeds it serves for the remainder of the parliamentary term.<\/p>\n

His renewed interest in the seat has evoked fresh memories of his tantrums last month where he tore into ODM leadership for giving him a raw deal.<\/p>\n

Babu Owino said the Orange party had originally settled on him for the position of PAC chairperson before rescinding the decision and proposing nominating MP John Mbadi for the seat.<\/p>\n

\u201c@TheODMparty, with due respect, why should John Mbadi come down from the position of Majority Leader [in the National Assembly] to PAC chairperson, which was reserved for me? This will not happen! Over my dead body. Young people must get their space. It\u2019s now or never. He (Mbadi) has been rewarded through nomination [to Parliament],\u201d said the youthful MP.<\/p>\n

Babu told the media he received a call from a senior official of the ODM Party on Thursday, September 22 informing him that the party had rescinded its decision to propose him for the seat, and instead fronted Mbadi\u2019s candidature.<\/p>\n

The MP claims he sacrificed more for ODM Party and its leader Raila Odinga in the run-up to August 9, 2022, General Election than Mbadi did.<\/p>\n

His candid remarks rubbed party stalwarts the wrong way, with Homa Bay town MP Peter Kaluma descending on him bare-knuckled.<\/p>\n

Kaluma’s response was, however, met with unwelcoming words from the second-term controversial MP.<\/p>\n

\u201cRaila Odinga has enabled you to serve 2 terms as Member of Parliament just for shouting “tialala, tibim,\u201d asked Kaluma.<\/p>\n

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