President Uhuru Kenyatta crack the whip on Babu Owino

Babu Owino has been at the helm of Students Organisation of Nairobi University – SONU since 2011. But now President Uhuru Kenyatta has made sure the career student wouldn’t seek another term in office.

Paul Ongili Owino aka Babu Owina was first elected the chairman of the students union Nairobi University in the academic year 2011/12.

Babu has been contesting for UoN top seat for the last five years (University elections are held annually). He was nicknamed “career student” due to his decision to vie for SONU chair annually.

Babu’s fight with Mike Jacobs, who accused him of rigging 2016 election, saw parliament pass a law that introduced term limit to students seeking positions within universities’ student council.

Jacobs and Babu’s fight sparked chaos at various UoN campuses; Kenya’s most prestigious public university had be closed to curb the spread of violence.

President Uhuru recently assented the Universities (Amendment) Act 2016 which states that a university student leader will hold office for a one-year term and be eligible for re-election once.

The acts blocks the likes of Babu Owino from seeking office again; but all in all the career student won’t be affected per se because he was to step down to run for Embakasi East parliamentary seat on an ODM ticket.