Diverse opinions have been given by politicians across the political divide to oppose the recommendations by Cord principals to deregister the lawmakers who defected to Jubilee.
Speaking to Face Off interview at K24 Tv, Makueni Member of Parliament, Dan Maanzo said it will be unwise to conduct by-elections when the next general elections is barely ten months ago.
"As a member of Wiper, I see no necessity of conducting all those by-elections when the next election is around the corner. We don't need to burden taxpayers through IEBC to conduct more than 42 by-elections but Kenyans will decide in 2017," Maanzo said.
He added that though the constitution is clear on resignation of elected leaders who defect from their original parties, the expenditure will be too high and if the incumbents lose, the new leaders will not have time to work for their electorate.
"If the seats fall vacant today, some of these leaders might not make to re-election and it will pose a challenge since the newly elected will not have time to work for their electorate. Let us wait till 2017 for Kenyans to go to the ballots," Maanzo added.
The opposition coalition was hit by several defections where their elected members defected to the newly crafted Jubilee Party.
ODM has written to 13 members who defected and gave them seven days to respond to reasons they should not be deregistered and seek fresh mandate from their leaders.
Jubilee leaders said the Opposition want to sabotage the economy by pushing for by-elections.
"Kenyans will be going to the ballots soon as you can see the campaigns have started. It will be unnecessary to conduct by-elections when it is just less than one year to elections," said Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung'wa.