Written By John Mutiso 📝
The Orange Democratic Party (ODM) has issued a direct ticket to Woman Representative Gladys Wanga to vie for the Homa Bay gubernatorial seat in the August 9 general elections.
According to the ODM party leader Raila Odinga, all seven opponents who were seeking the party ticket backed Wanga and an agreement was reached as a way of consensus to hand Wanga the nomination ticket.
Speaking to the members of the press outside a Nairobi hotel on Thursday, Odinga said that all the candidates had held lengthy discussions with one another before making their selection.
“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.
The ODM leader also announced that the aspirants had unanimously agreed on Oyugi Magwanga, a former Kasipul Member of Parliament, as Wanga’s running mate.
“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.”
Odinga added that the party had accepted the aspirants’ decision and had given Wanga the certificate as a result.
As a result, he sent the team off to campaign for Wanga and ensure that the party kept the Homa Bay governor’s seat in the upcoming elections.
The party leader however insisted that Glady’s Wanga’s direct nomination came from the consensus but not a direct nomination from the party.
“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.”
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