Embakasi East MP, Paul Ongili, alias Babu Owino, is among 609 lawyers admitted to the Roll of Advocates on May 23, 2025.
According to Babu, the day marks a historic chapter of his life.
“Today marks a historic chapter in my journey-my admission to the bar as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya,” he said.
The ceremony was held at the Supreme Court of Kenya and presided over by Chief Justice Martha Koome.
“Welcome to the Bar new advocates being sworn in today! Congratulations to your parents, guardians and teachers. Go forth and serve with excellence. Identify your relative/friend on the list, give them a shout out here and help us celebrate them,” the Judiciary said after the advocates’ admission.
Soon after graduating with a Degree in Actuarial Science, Babu Owino enrolled for a Law Degree at the University of Nairobi.
The Embakasi East legislator holds at least four degrees.
In 2023, he explained that he holds the four, each representing a member of his family, because he said having been born and raised in a poor family, his family members did not have the privilege to attend school.
The ODM legislator said they sat down as a family and agreed that at least one of them was to be taken to school.
It was during the meeting that his brother and my sister agreed that he was the one to be taken to school, hence he decided to acquire four degrees.
“The Actuarial Science First Class Honours was for my mother, then after that I did a Master's in Architectural Science for my sister, then after that I did LLB Law degree for my brother, then Masters in Law for myself,” Babu Owino said.
“I wanted to do a degree for everybody in that house, so that was the motivation because as we were growing up, we were told that education is the key to success so I saw why can’t I have many keys to success," he added.
