Homa Bay Woman Representative Gladys Wanga has questioned McDonald Mariga's bid to fill the vacant Kibra parliamentary seat.
Mariga, a Jubilee Party candidate, is considered a frontrunner in the race also featuring Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) candidate Imran Okoth, who enjoys Wanga's backing.
Speaking on Tuesday, the ODM lawmaker expressed discomfort with Mariga's bid, judging by his background where he is said to have never voted and was not even a registered voter.
She found it questionable that despite not voting for anyone in his entire life, the former Parma FC midfielder is now trying to push Kenyans to vote for him and propel him to the parliament.
"What makes me uncomfortable with Mariga's interest in Kibra MP seat is that he has never felt the need to vote for leaders in Kenya and he now wants people to vote for him," she said.
The vocal lawmaker made the remarks on Citizen TV's Daybreak show, Tuesday morning.
Mariga was recently cleared by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to proceed with the race, despite registering as a voter only weeks prior.
Consequently, he will not be able to vote for himself in the November 7 race to fill the vacancy left by the late Ken Okoth who succumbed to cancer in JulyJuly.