Migori Governor Okoth Obado has for sometime now been a critic of Raila Odinga and the ODM Party, a party to which he is a member of.
The Migori County Chief has once again displayed his opposition to Raila in public and is now leading calls to have the proposed Referendum done away with.
Obado has termed the Proposed Referendum a waste of time.
Speaking in Migori on Saturday, Mr Obado called on the politicians agitating for the referendum to stop it and instead concentrate on addressing pertinent matters of development.
“Let all leaders think of providing employment for our people instead of concentrating on things like a referendum to change this or that. If I am asked, [I would say that] this referendum thing is a mere waste of time,” said Mr Obado.
He added, “If someone is interested in bringing a referendum, let us first of all be told or be shown how many new enterprises we want to create; how many new factories have been started for our farmers. Let us look at challenges facing our nation like unemployment of the youth instead of focusing on changing the law.”
Opposition leader Raila Odinga is among leaders who have been pushing for a referendum to change the Constitution.
Mr Odinga has called for a parliamentary system of government that will have an executive prime minister.
His calls have been supported by a section of Jubilee Party politicians.
But Deputy President William Ruto and his lieutenants have been wary of the calls to change the law, arguing that the move is aimed at complicating matters for him in his quest for the presidency in 2022.
Obado is known to be a close ally of DP William Ruto.