Homabay Woman Representative Gladys Wanga has hit out at a section of county lawmakers she alleges want her out of the county in the approaching 2022 general elections.
Speaking at Koduongo market in Homabay on Saturday, Wanga claimed that a section of area parliamentarians have told her to go and vie in Kisumu County, her motherland.
The lawmaker who distributed cheques worth Sh2.7 million to small scale women traders said that she will not give in to pressure, adding that she will not vie in Kisumu.
Wanga now claims that the male politicians are afraid, and jealous of her success, and are out to blackmail and bundle her out of the contest.
“I wonder why some people are telling me to go back to Kisumu County to pursue my political ambitions.
"The reality is that they have sensed that my political profile has surpassed theirs and that is why they have come up with such a lame excuse. I am not going anywhere,” She was quoted by the Nation.
This comes amid anticipations that Wanga, a close ally of opposition leader Raila Odinga could join the race to succeed the outgoing Governor Cyprian Awiti.
The contest is expected to see her face off with Suba South Member of Parliament and Raila's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) National Chair John Mbadi.
Mbadi is also the Minority Leader in the National Assembly.
The heavily anticipated face off is promising to be a headache to Odinga whose endorsement is as better as an election in the region.
This is with consideration that both leaders have remained close and loyal to him and the party.
The lawmaker was born in Kano, Kisumu County, but is married in Kochia, Homabay County.
She went ahead to promise her opponents of a heavy defeat in future races.
“I will show them dust when the right time comes. I am not boarding to go anywhere,” she said as quoted by the local daily.