Women leaders vouch for Governor Wanga to be ODM deputy party leader

The appeal comes after the exit of former deputy party leaders Hassan Joho and Wycliffe Oparanya to take up government jobs as cabinet secretaries.

The women have told the party leadership to support Wanga in becoming the deputy ODM leader regardless of the method they are going to use in filling the vacant positions left by Oparanya and Joho.

The women led by the Chairperson of ODM Women League in Homa Bay County Peres Ogutu, Rangwe Constituency chairperson Caroline Owidhi and ODM MCAs led by Joan Ogada appealed to ODM leader Raila Odinga to consider Wanga in the post.

Addressing journalists in Homa Bay Town, Ogutu said Wanga had shown the desired leadership credentials during her tenure as the ODM chairperson in Homa Bay County. She said this convinced them that Wanga can perform well as the deputy leader of ODM.

Ogada argued that Wanga’s ascension to the post will enable women to achieve the two thirds gender rule both in ODM party and other elective posts in Kenya.