Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has hit out at Embakasi East MP Babu Owino over his alleged involvement in the country’s politics.
Museveni on Tuesday at Nairobi’s State House claimed he receives intelligent reports that harbor Babu’s names almost always.
According to Museveni, Babu Owino supports the anti-National Resistance Movement (Uganda’s ruling party) and is a close ally to Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine.
“There are some individuals in Raila’s group who I don’t think know what they are doing. I am a consumer of intelligence services…I always see intelligence service reports. There’s a character called Babu. I always see Babu dealing with anti-NRM groups in Uganda,” said Museveni.
The Ugandan President however said he doesn’t link Raila to Babu and he knows the ODM leader as a nationalist.
“I am accusing Babu, but those are individuals, they are not Raila. I know Raila as a nationalist and Pan-Africanist,” Museveni added.
The Ugandan leader remarked this while endorsing Raila Odinga for the African Union chairperson position.
Museveni termed the position as a job for vision, conviction, and knowledge saying that Odinga is fit for the job.
He also narrated how one of Raila’s competitors – Djibouti’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmoud Youssouf visited him in Uganda, seeking his [Museveni’s] endorsement for the AUC job.
“Before I came there was a young man from Djibouti who came to tell me he was their candidate. Of course, I greeted him warmly, we took photographs and had a cup of tea but I told him I was coming here (to Kenya) to support Raila because he is the fit candidate,” he said amid laughter.
Babu has been previously spotted campaigning for former Ugandan Presidential aspirant Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu popularly known as Bobi Wine.
In 2018, the Ugandan government banned Babu from entering Uganda over undermining President Museveni’s administration.
Museveni is among the African Presidents and former Presidents who graced Raila’s AUC bid launch at State House.
Others were; Samia Suluhu (Tanzania), Salva Kiir (South Sudan), and the Prime Minister of Burundi Gervais Ndirakobuca.
Former Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete and former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo also attended the event.
