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Jubilee MPs have cautioned Luhyas against falling for "shenanigans by wily politicians", banking on their numbers but giving nothing in return.
They criticised Kakamega Senator Bonny Khalwale for "misleading the Luhya nation" about ascending to the country’s top leadership based on numerical strength.
Saying all Kenyans have the right to seek any office, they said it would be foolhardy for a community to believe only it can produce a president.
“You must embrace and work with people from all over Kenya, forge friendship with them and be humble to convince other communities to support you for national leadership positions," said National Assembly majority leader Aden Duale.
"Leadership is about empowering your people, not misusing them to gain political mileage."
But he added; "The Luhya vote should get them into government, not the opposition.“
Senate majority leader Kindiki Kithure cautioned leaders against inciting their people "by whipping tribal emotions" in a bid to gain support.
“Leaders should not give inflammatory speeches at public forums that can incite Kenyan communities against each other,” he said.
They spoke on Sunday at St Paul’s Ejinja Catholic Church in Matungu constituency, Kakamega county, during a service and fundraiser also attended by Deputy President William Ruto.
Ruto said there is need for people to build bridges across villages, communities and counties to form an indivisible country.
He further said the government is putting in place a "watertight revival programme" for the ailing sugar industry, which he said was mooted while he was Agriculture minister but stalled after he left office.
"We are reviving this programme, which has already gone through Parliament, to work with farmers in turning around the fortunes in the sugar industry, including Mumias," he said.
“And from this year, sugarcane farmers will benefit from subsidised fertiliser, like maize and tea farmers, buying at Sh1,500 instead of Sh4,000.”
He said the government has signed off Sh20 million for cane farmers, adding that it will not relent until the industry is turned around.
Ruto chided politicians bent on gaining politically out of the misfortunes of the Mumias Sugar factory, asking them to "look elsewhere to save their dwindling political fortunes".
“Those playing sugar politics to gain political mileage will not succeed. They are the same people who brought Mumias Sugar to its knees and are now purporting to be championing its course,' he said.
Noting that sugar production costs are the same in Uganda and Kenya, the DP said the question of dumping cheap products in the country does not arise.
“It is also not true that the agreement to have Uganda sell its surplus sugar in Kenya was meant to benefit individual businesses, as alleged by some politicians,” he said.
“We are going to have a joint sugar board with Uganda to ensure no cheap sugar from other counties is dumped into the Kenyan market.”
Other leaders present were Khalwale and MPs David Were (Matungu), Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East), Bernard Shinali (Ikolomani) and Boniface Otsula (Bumula).
Khalwale appealed to the government to lower taxes on sugar saying the cost of production is high, therefore prices are uncompetitive.
“I am also asking the government to write off debts in the sugar industry as it has done with tea and coffee,” he said.
Were and Washiali said they abandoned ODM and the opposition because of "incessant squabbling" between ranks, adding that the community's interests would be well taken care of under Jubilee.
ODM national youth leader Rashid Mohammed said the community was left out because of divisive politics, but that its leaders will chart their future come 2017.
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