LSK awards Babu Owino
By Cynthia Lodite, November 1, 2025Embakasi East Member of Parliament (MP) Babu Owino has received an award from the Law Society of Kenya for his contribution to public interest litigation.
The legislator took to his official X account on Saturday, November 1, 2025, where he acknowledged the honour while affirming his continued fight for the oppressed and the forgotten in society.
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“Last night, at the Dinner Gala, I was honoured by the Law Society of Kenya for my work in public interest litigation. I will continue fighting for the oppressed and the forgotten in our society,” Babu Owino noted.
Babu Owino dedicated his recognition and award to the voiceless and disadvantaged people whose fight for justice had inspired him to keep going.
While also acknowledging the challenges within the judicial system, the Embakasi East Member of Parliament firmly remarked that indeed, justice delayed is justice denied, hence calling on Kenyans to keep demanding fairness for all.
“This recognition isn’t just mine; it belongs to every poor, voiceless, and disadvantaged person whose fight for justice has inspired me to keep going. Justice delayed is justice denied, and we must never stop demanding fairness for all,” Babu Owino wrote.
Fight for justice
Babu Owino has been seen in the front space and the corridors of Justice demanding accountability and justice, with the most recent one being a petition seeking to block Cabinet Secretaries from engaging in political campaigns.
Babu Owino, together with the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) Deputy President Mwaura Kabata, recently filed a petition seeking to block Cabinet Secretaries from engaging in political campaigns.
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In a petition dated October 24, 2025, Babu and Kabata aver that the CSs have openly engaged in rigorous political activities where they have been involved in political campaigns, including rallying support for political candidates of various political parties in the upcoming election by-elections that are scheduled for November 27, 2025.
The two petitions lodged at the Milimani Constitutional and Human Rights division state that the CSs, as public officers, are not allowed to engage in politics, stating that their involvement in the current campaigns gives a clear example of conflict between their personal interest and public interest or official duties.
According to the petitioners, section 23(2) of the Leadership and Integrity Act, 2012, prohibits state officers from engaging in political activities that may compromise or be seen to compromise the political neutrality of the offices they hold.