Kitutu Masaba MP Timothy Bosire must defy ODM party lines and work with the government for the sake of improving road networks in the constituency, a former area lawmaker has said.
Speaking on Thursday at Riosiago secondary school during an annual general meeting, Abuya Abuya said the region was lagging behind in terms of infrastructure since most MPs who have served in parliament from the area have been supporting opposition.
He asked the current lawmaker to desist from 'hard politics' and work with the government in a bid to bargain for good road networks in the region.
“Politics are becoming dynamic unlike in the past. You must humble yourself and pledge allegiance to the incumbent government if at all you want the region not to be sidelined,” he said.
“I urge Mr Bosire to swallow his pride and work with the government because our people do not have roads that can easy transportation of agricultural produce to the markets,” he added.
He defended his past record in the 1980s and said he spent a lot of time-fighting for freedom of speech and good governance and present governments discriminated their regions due to their hard positions on governance issues.
“This doesn’t mean that being in the opposition is a bad thing. During our time, we used to fight for liberation due to bad governance and I believe today, most government is accountable,” he said.
Kitutu Masaba region has no major highway and the only expected tarmacked road is Metamaywa-Kebirigo road, which is now under construction.