Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has expressed openness to a potential collaboration with Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro to contest the Nairobi gubernatorial race, aiming to unseat incumbent Johnson Sakaja. Babu highlighted Nyoro's intellect and leadership qualities, suggesting a joint ticket where one could run for governor and the other for deputy.

• Babu Owino stated, "There are 10 million telling me to go for the presidency, 8.9 million telling me to run for the governor position, and 5 million saying I should convince Ndindi to be my deputy."
• Ndindi Nyoro declined to confirm his intentions regarding future political positions, including the Murang’a or Nairobi races, or national posts.
• Both MPs appeared on Citizen TV, discussing potential joint bids in the 2027 elections without declaring party affiliations, with Babu transcending party lines and Ndindi finding it premature.
• Babu criticized senior figures undermining his ODM party, while Ndindi faulted UDA for deviating from economic and education promises made during the 2022 campaign, attributing the shift to the party rather than himself.