By Our Reporter in Kendu Bay {L.O.Omolo}.

AN aide to the Prime Minister Raila Odinga has come under scathing criticism in his home backyard of Karachuonyo constituency where he is being accused of having been an instrumental tool of destruction and divisive politics.

Dr Paul Adhu Awiti, the immediate former Karachuonyo MP who is currently working in the Office of the Prime Minister as a political adviser is being accused back home for being the architect of divisive and the existing disunity of ODM party officials and members in the area.

They want him to concentrate on his new job of advising the Prime Minister or else quit and come home to participate in open competitive politics instead of hiding at the PM’s office in Nairobi while causing disunity back home.

Dr Awiti who had previously represented Karachuonyo constituency for close to 12 years before he lost the seat to the incumbent Eng.James K Rege in the 2007 general elections is said to be spending most of his valuable time criss crossing the vast and heavily populated electoral constituency in Rachuonyo North District addressing ODM party rallies.

His accusers alleged that during the now twice postponed party grass root elections, the former legislator who at one time served as the Minister for Planning during the brief KANU/LDP merger under the retired President Daniel Arap Moi had taken side with one function. He is doing all thee with the purpose of undermining the area MP, something which residents of the area view as being detrimental to the development of the area.

A group of party youths and leader who met this writer at Kendu-Bay made it categorically clear that the former MP should concentrate on his job and role as political adviser to the Prime Minister. He should leave the ODM party matters to the local leaders and concentrates on his new responsibility.

The group led by one Dan Ojijo sad the former MP should give the residents a break and a breathing space of time to concentrate on development work. He is operating as if the area is always under political siege and election mood. The former legislator, said Ojijo, “had served his two and half terms in Parliament, but left no sign of any tangible achievement in development.”

During his terms in Parliament, the former MP had taken refuge in Nairobi and was not bothered to work with the locals in promoting development. He was always absent from the constituency, but of late he has become visible addressing party rallies or funeral gatherings here and there.

Despite of having performed dismally during his time in Parliament, we have a lot of respect to the former legislator, and he should also reciprocate this good gesture and follow the suit of the likes of Madam Dr Phoebe Muga Asiyo who had also represented the constituency for over ten years but has since retired honorably from active politics. In comparison, Mrs Asiyo had left a mark of remarkable achievements in terms of development whereas Dr. Awiti has nothing to account for to his credit of having been achieved during his tenure of office.

The residents have smelt a rate and are reading the signs of mischievous for someone serving in the office of the Prime Minister being seen running up and down playing local politics. If his role as the adviser to the Prime Minister has no responsibility to carry with it, then he should come home. This is because his continuing participation actively in local political derby is painting the Prime Minister the wrong way in the eyes of the electorate,” said one civic leader who requested for his anonymity on fear of reprisal.

The group maintained that the elections are still far away, and all the stakeholders should give the sitting MP sufficient time to carry out the noble task of developing the constituency. The area should be free of combative kinds of politics.” they said.

The group said Karachuonyo needs all weather and passable feeder and access roads, especially those linking the Central and the West which is known as “ Kendu-Bay Pala Road. The people need fresh water for life, good infrastructure, electricity supplies and other easy means of communications and not the series of political rallies which are full of empty political slogans.

The residents say, the have had enough of political rhetorics of the past and want to concentrate on tangible development activities such as promoting the cash minting and lucrative cotton production in the areas, improved farming for food self sufficiency and security.

They commended the effort of the sitting MP and his development record, and particularly the way the local committee of CDF under his guidance has been disbursing the money for the targeted and budgeted projects, and would therefore not entertain anymore divisive politics.

All the residents of Karachuonyo constituency are staunch supporters of the Prime Minister Raila Odinga, and the ODM party. There is no doubt about it and as such their loyalty should be direct and not through proxies. They would not tolerate anyone preaching negative politics in the area which is so retrogressive and detrimental to development of the region.

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