Rarienda lawmaker Otiende Amollo has refuted claims that opposition leader Raila Odinga was heckled in Kisumu County.
Raila was accompanied by Petroleum CS John Munyes, Peter Munya (Industrialization) and James Macharia (Transport) on an inspection tour of state projects on Monday.
Speaking on NTV on Tuesday morning, the ODM legislator said that the reports by a local newspaper were misleading.
He noted that the incident happened in Muhororoni but not in Kisumu as it was alleged.
"The issue that rose was not in Kisumu, it was at a place called Chiga in Muhororoni," he stated.
He further said that commotion erupted when a group of five to seven young men tried to heckle Raila during the meeting but were roughed up by residents.
He insisted that the residents were very happy with the industrial park project contrary to the media reports.
"When we went to Ombeyi, residents were very happy with the project. The five to seven boys issue was on County government but not Raila. According to their claim; is that they are demanding for historical compensation on the land which the Special Economic Zone is to be built," Amollo stated.
The Standard reported objected to the establishment of an industrial park in Ombeyi, claiming they were being forcefully evicted from the land to pave way for the Standard Gauge Railway feasibility project.