Alego Usonga MP Omondi Muluan has castigated attempts by his political rivals to paint him as a failed leader.
While responding to an incident where he was received to a wild crowd on Wednesday at Siaya during campaigns to rally residents to register as voters, he said his record speaks of itself.
The MP told the Star on telephone that he must not be seen at funerals and church services to appear to be working - a polity that he says has been mastered by some of his rivals.
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Muluan said his pledges to build fertilizer stores at the constituency, pay bursaries for needy students, improve the road network, build bridges and schools have all been fulfilled.
“We must know why we elect leaders. They are to drive development and not attend funerals to be seen,” Muluan said.
During the altercation, a section of youths who were at the rally which was addressed by ODM leader Raila Odinga accused the legislator of being absent from the constituency.
But Muluan reiterated that it is only through making life better for citizens that leaders should be motivated to seek elective seats.
He accused his rivals in the race for Alego Usonga MP, some of whom he accused of having the love for the bottle, of hiring youths to heckle him.
“We do not remain visible by attending church services while drunk. One of the people behind the scheme was recently sent away from a church for being drunk,” the MP claimed.
He said that he will not stoop low to the level of countering such attacks and that he will continue with the work that still lies ahead.
“Assume I also hired youths to cheer me up. There would have been bloodshed. Even Raila recognised that the hecklers had 'not slept' from the way they looked,” he said.
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The MP said that the constituency has seen escalated growth through more than Sh47 million going towards bursaries among others that have been used to construct water pans which have solved a water problem in the area.
“Instead of hiring hecklers, I challenge my opponents that we meet at the ballot come August 8. It is then that they will know that more than 230 students have gone to school because of the good work my team has done for the past 4 years,” Muluan said.
The MP, who was elected on a Wiper ticket, has said that nothing will stop him from defending his seat during the scheduled poll.