[Gladys Wanga in a past event.She has been picked by Raila Odinag to chair ODM loyalists who lost in primaries. Photo/Nation]
Outspoken Homabay Women Representative Gladys Wanga will now take charge of all ODM losers who have since decided to back the party in August elections.
Although the ODM party has since lost hundreds of aspirants to independents due to botched primaries, a section of them have vowed to move on by supporting Raila Odinga’s bid.
And on Tuesday, Wanga, who does not feature in Odinga’s national campaigns, was tasked to head the team which is mainly selected from Nyanza.
“As a party, we may have not done to your expectations because of many challenges. However, it is critical that we stand with the party no matter what comes,” she said during a breakfast meeting in Nairobi.
Wanga added: “I am happy that you have come on board. We shall stick together and that is what it means to be loyal.”
Recently, Odinga urged all ODM supporters to back party candidates in all elective positions, a move that did not go down well with a section of Independent candidates from Nyanza.
Although it’s not clear the immediate benefit of loyalists, they could get appointments to government should NASA win.