Governor Wanga Receives Support as She Takes Over ODM Chairperson Role
*Gladys Wanga capable of taking ODM to the next level as national chair -Oduk*
Newly appointed National Chairman of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Gladys Wanga has been backed to help strengthen and stabilise the party.
Business man Johnson Oduk and a host of other leaders are optimistic that Wanga,who is the Homabay Governor will further elevate the party’s fortunes ahead of the 2027 elections.
Oduk said the party has done well appointing a woman to the position, a move he believes will strengthen the women position and say in the political affairs of the party and the country.
” She is ripe and ready for the task with all the required arsenal in her experience to be the national chair,” Oduk said.
Wanga was named as the Party’s new National Chairperson in a statement by ODM’s executive director Odour Ong’wen. The decision was made by the Central Committee in the National Executive Committee.
The Central Committee had proposed governor Wanga as its new National Chairperson in fresh changes to fill vacancies left behind by top officials who resigned to take up Cabinet roles.
“On August 9, 2024, the Central Committee made changes in the National Executive Committee, where H.E. Gladys Wanga was named the National Chairperson of the ODM Party,” he stated.
The party also named Hamilton Orata as the acting chairperson of Homa Bay County Coordinating Committee, taking over from Wanga until new elections are held.
Wanga who previously was the chairperson of Homa Bay County Coordinating Committee now officially takes over from John Mbadi who was appointed by President William Ruto as the Treasury Cabinet Secretary.
“Under Articles 15 and 50 of the ODM Party Constitution, Governor Wanga vacates the position of County Chairperson, and Vice Chairperson H.E. Hamilton Orata takes over in an acting capacity until elections are held,” he stated.
Meanwhile Oduk has called on ODM leaders to continue supporting the party leader Raila Odinga who is concentrating on being elected the next African Union Commision Chairperson.
” Let us not drug the party leader into unnecessary local issues when he is busy focusing on continental issues,” he said
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