Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has vehemently responded to Kericho Senator Aaron Cheruiyot’s remarks that he is unfit to lead Nairobi County because he was not born there. Owino asserted that even those who arrived by "bus" would fix the city's long-standing issues created by those "born" in Nairobi.

• Babu Owino, Embakasi East MP, publicly challenged Senator Aaron Cheruiyot’s claims regarding his eligibility to lead Nairobi due to his birthplace.
• The dispute originated from Cheruiyot's July 31 remarks on Ghetto Radio, where he stated that Owino "doesn't connect well with the people of Nairobi."
• Owino underscored that individuals like him, who came to Nairobi by bus, would address critical challenges such as drainage, poor roads, water scarcity, garbage, and unemployment, in contrast to those born in the city who have left it in disarray.