Babu Owino’s Wife Fridah Muthoni Ongili Shares Details of Husband’s Arrest and Detention

Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino’s wife, Fridah Muthoni Ongili, has shared worrying details about the arrest and detention of her husband.

In a video seen by this writer, Fridah disclosed that her husband is being detained at a police station in Mwea. She went on to narrate that she had been denied permission to see her husband at the said police station.

Owino was allegedly arrested at JKIA upon his arrival at the airport from Mombasa and later transferred to an undisclosed location.

After a long search, his wife got wind that her husband had been transferred to Wang’uru police station in Mwea.

“He called me at around 11 pm and told me that he is at the airport, he had just landed and was being detained by the DCI and arrested,” Fridah said.

“He told me that he will call me after that but he hasn’t because his phone went off after that and it has been off ever since. All I have been doing is searching for him and I started at the DCI headquarters and I was directed to go to the airport.

“I went there and he was not there, I went to Gigiri and Muthaiga, Kilimani, Embakasi police stations and he was not there. Finally, I was given information that he was in Wang’uru police station in Mwea,” Fridah said in part.

Mrs Ongili further stated that after travelling to Mwea she was denied permission to see or even give her husband food.

She said that she was told that Owino was being held incommunicado and that she would not be allowed to see him until the investigations into his arrest were complete.

Fridah has called on the authorities to release her husband and to allow her to see him. She has also called on the public to pray for her husband and for his safe return.

The arrest and detention of Babu Owino has sparked outrage among his supporters and members of the public. Many people have accused the government of targeting Owino because of his political views.

The government has denied these accusations and has said that Owino was arrested in connection with a criminal investigation.

It remains to be seen what charges, if any, will be brought against Owino. However, his arrest and detention have highlighted the growing political tensions in Kenya.