ODM Gives Gladys Wanga a Direct Ticket to Vie for Homa Bay Governor’s Seat

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party has issued a direct ticket to Homa Bay County gubernatorial aspirant Gladys Wanga.

This is after all seven Homa Bay governorship aspirants who were eyeing the ODM party ticket agreed to drop their bids to back Wanga, who currently serves as the county’s woman representative.
 
ODM party leader Raila Odinga while announcing the move on Thursday said all the aspirants engaged in long consultations with each other and arrived at the decision to support Wanga.

Odinga said the leaders also unanimously settled on former Kasipul MP Oyugi Magwanga as Wanga’s running mate in the forthcoming elections.

“There are those aspirants who have been running for the governorship position in Homa Bay County. They have been having a meeting and invited us as party officials to come and have consultations with them. They’ve had very extensive consultations, at the end of which an agreement has been reached by way of consensus,” said Odinga.

“Out of the seven contestants who were here, they’ve all agreed to step down and back Gladys Wanga as the party candidate in the Homa Bay County gubernatorial race. In the same spirit, they’ve also nominated her running mate as Oyugi Magwanga.”

ODM party ratified the decision by the aspirants and issued Wanga with the certificate.

“The party has taken note and has agreed and issued a certificate to Gladys Wanga as the ODM party candidate in the gubernatorial race for Homa Bay County. This is a voluntary exercise; our rules provide for consensus-building, nomination by delegates and members, or direct nomination by the party. This is not a direct nomination, this has come about as a result of consensus,” said Raila.