Veteran Hip Hop star Julisu Owino popularly known as Maji Maji of the famous Gidi Gidi Maji Maji duo has set his political footprint in Nairobi’s Embakasi area rubbing shoulders with political bigwigs and incumbents. Maji is hinted to be Eying Embakasi East constituency seat a move that is giving current member of Parliament Babu Owino sleepless nights.
Due to his youthful statue and successful music career he boasts of a huge youth following ,Making Embakasi East seat the most watched constituency in 2022 race. There has been a heated debate over the future of Babu in Embakasi politics, immediately he announced his candidature for gubernatorial post Nairobi City county come 2022. ‘’Tunataka Babu atuambie msimamo wake juu sisi kama watu wa Emba tumejua anaenda kwa kiti ya ugavana vile alisema hii ubunge tupee Maji Nyalhodia [We want Babu to to tell us his stand because we know is going for governor let us give Maji this seat] .’’ Said Embakasi resident.
In one of the Embakasi East political groups where Babu is a member, his future has become a topic and when Maji declared interest in the same group it sparked mix reactions.