North Imenti MP Rahim Dawood has dismissed calls by a section of residents to recall him as a pipe dream.
A section of North Imenti constituency residents have threatened to recall MP Rahim.
The residents said they have started collecting signatures to recall the legislator.
Lawyer Kiogora Mugambi who has initiated the signature collection drive, claims the MP has totally failed to deliver tangible development projects.
The MP who responded to claims laughed off the plot. He accused his political rivals as the ones behind what he called political witch-hunt.
"Do they have the requisite complaints that can pass the threshold of Chapter 6 requirements? Voting for the Finance Bill 2024 is not one of them, nor is Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment," he said.
"What development are they talking about? Roads are done in most of North Imenti, or is it to their own homes? Do they know there are National Government and County Government roads? Different classes of roads," he posed.
Dawood said that during the Finance Bill 2024, he consulted with his rivals who told him to vote for it.
On Gachagua's impeachment, he said he was not the only one who impeached Gachagua. He added that amongst all the constituencies of Meru County, North Imenti has the highest allocation of tarmac roads.
He described those behind the scheme as perennial losers and guns for hire.
"I don't do the development personally, so what development are they talking about? They have to define what is the role of the MP as per the constitution," he added.
According to Mugambi, articles 97 and 98 of the 2010 Constitution gives powers to electorates to recall their MP after a period of two years.
"I have traversed several places in North Imenti and the electorate's clarion call is to remove their MP from office. He has violated the Constitution and this is the reason they are recalling him. We will collect a third of the votes and present them to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for verification and approval," Mugambi said when presenting the document to residents in Meru town.
Mugambi claimed the electorates are aggrieved by the MP due to his failure to exercise his oversight role by not condemning or raising questions in parliament with regard to ongoing abductions and killings around the Country and North Imenti in specific.
They also claim Dawood voted for the Finance Bill 2024 against the wishes of many constituents and has failed to lobby for budgetary allocations to complete stalled national government projects, especially roads.
They also state the MP irregularly participated in voting for the impeachment of the second deputy President of the republic of Kenya Rigathi Gachagua.
Dawood is serving his third consecutive term as North Imenti MP and he is a staunch supporter of President William Ruto and his Deputy Kithure Kindiki.
He has urged his supporters not to be shaken by the collection of signatures.
