Funyula MP Paul Otuoma has dismissed the Luhya community unity bid fronted by a section of leaders from Western Kenya.
Otuoma said politicians pushing for the unity have personal interests to fulfill.
He said the best option the Luhya community can huggle for is forming government and not being part of the government that will come after 2017.
"The big question we should ask ourselves is how do we make Western politically relevant in national politics instead of waiting to be in the next government," he said.
"Talks by Cord co-principals Moses Wetangula and Kalonzo Musyoka for Raila to relinquish his presidential bid to either of them so that he remains a king-maker has no basis."
He said time had come for politicians from the vote-rich region to stop playing second fiddle and envision at campaigning to clinch the country's top seat.
"Instead of waiting for the seat to be given on a silver platter through boardroom agreements, leaders should look at political interests of members," he added.
"The best way forward out of this quagmire is to negotiate on pre or post-election agreements. The 2013 unresolved issue is confusing the coalition (Cord) members. "ODM is now on track as a political entity since concerns we had raised as Western legislators had been addressed by the party leadership," he said.
Otuoma is among MPs who more than two months ago resigned from their respective positions in ODM citing frustration.
After his departure as ODM vice chairman, he joined Budalang'i MP Ababu Namwamba and his Sirisia counterpart John Waluke and formed the 'Third Force' and 'Mulembe Consciousness' movements which they claimed aimed at uniting voters from Western ahead of the 2017 polls.
Ababu had resigned as ODM Secretary General while Waluke relinquished his membership from the party and joined the newly launched Jubilee Party.