Babu Owino is too full of negative energy to attract a proper following. He owes his position to party affiliation and youth notoriety than to genuine popularity or the championing of a noble cause. Compare with Boniface Mwangi or Aukot, what does Babu stand for? The timing is also not on his side. Right now the focus is on the ballooning wage bill, runaway government borrowing and the upcoming referendum. He would do well to pick one of these as his agenda and coin a catchy slogan to go with it. He might just turn out to be ODM's Malema up north.