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<\/div>\nODM leader Raila Odinga poses for a picture with Gladys Wanga. [File, Standard]\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
On Monday, April 18, Raila Odinga made a statement in Homa Bay that left a bad taste in people\u2019s mouth.\n<\/p>\n
The ODM boss was at Nyasore Village in Kabondo Kasipul Constituency for the burial of Kenya\u2019s Ambassador to Qatar Paddy Ahenda. <\/p>\n
Ahenda died after a short illness in Doha, Qatar on April 3.\n<\/p>\n
Homa Bay Woman Representative Gladys Wanga, who will run for Homa Bay Governor on ODM ticket, became a subject of discussion at Ahenda\u2019s burial, with Odinga drumming up support for her candidature.<\/p>\n
KEEP READING<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p>\nWanga was born and raised in Kano, Muhoroni Constituency in Kisumu County, but is married in Rangwe Constituency, Homa Bay County.\n<\/p>\n
Some of Wanga\u2019s competitors have been criticising her candidature, saying she shouldn\u2019t be elected as Homa Bay Governor because she is an \u201coutsider\u201d who lives in Homa Bay by virtue of marriage.\n<\/p>\n
Some said that being an \u201coutsider\u201d, she doesn\u2019t understand the long-standing problems that Homa Bay people face. <\/p>\n
Coming to Wanga\u2019s defense on Monday, Raila said in Dholuo: \u201cJok moko wacho ni mano (Wanga) ng\u2019ama ne onyuol Kano, kasto okende lokani. Mano ng\u2019ama ofuwo kamin mare <\/em>(Some people say Wanga was born in Kano [which is not in Homa Bay County], and she now wants to run for Governor in Homa Bay County. Those who are opposing her candidature based on that thinking are as foolish as their mothers),\u201d said the ODM chief.\n<\/p>\nThe ODM leader\u2019s remarks sparked outrage on social media platform Twitter, with a section of online users saying Raila\u2019s statement smacked of disrespect to women.\n<\/p>\n
Luo Council of Elders Assistant Treasurer in Homa Bay County Joram Okola told <\/em> that no matter how one interprets the statement by the former prime minister, an element of disrespect remains a common denominator.\n<\/p>\n\u201cA mother gives life. Because of that fact, she should be respected. Raila\u2019s statement did not show respect to mothers by calling some of them fools,\u201d said Okola.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Bible says respect your father and mother. The ODM boss\u2019s remarks flouted this guide,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n
Another elder, Jarongo Okumu, agreed with Okola, saying: \u201cRaila ought to have realised immediately that he\u2019d blundered. He\u2019d have, thereafter, sought forgiveness from the mourners and all mothers at large.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
The Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate also received criticism from Twitter users on Tuesday morning, April 19.\n<\/p>\n
Black Pimpernel (@McOwiti254) said: \u201cI cannot be abused and asked to vote.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Former Law Society of Kenya President Nelson Havi (@NelsonHavi) said: \u201cThe mothers of Homa Bay and their \u2018adult children\u2019 should just call it a bluff.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Alfred Omenya (@aomenya) said: \u201cHoma Bay people are up in arms after Jakom<\/em> (Raila) declared them as thick as their mothers for opposing project Wanga. Many are trying to interpret the great wisdom in that statement. There is none! Odinga should withdraw and apologise.\u201d\n<\/p>\nRaila Odinga said ODM settled on Wanga for Homa Bay Governor ticket following successful consensus efforts by the aspirants.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew that at the end of the day, only one person would clinch the governor\u2019s ticket, even if ten aspirants competed. I asked the aspirants to agree among themselves, and they settled on Gladys Wanga,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
The ODM chief said any person is free to run for an elective seat in any part of the country, his or her native background notwithstanding.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t discriminate any aspirant because they are not natives of the counties that they\u2019re seeking votes in. Siaya, Kisumu, Homa Bay or Migori counties belong to one people. Let\u2019s reject division efforts by our detractors,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
Wanga will face off against former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero, who is seeking to succeed Governor Cyprian Awiti on an independent ticket.\n<\/p>\n
<\/em> reached Raila Odinga\u2019s communications director Dennis Onyango for comment, but he didn\u2019t pick our calls or respond to our text as of the time of publishing.\n<\/p>\n\nShare this story<\/b>\n<\/p>\n
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The ODM leader\u2019s remarks sparked outrage on social media platform Twitter, with a section of online users saying Raila\u2019s statement smacked of disrespect to women.\n<\/p>\n
Luo Council of Elders Assistant Treasurer in Homa Bay County Joram Okola told <\/em> that no matter how one interprets the statement by the former prime minister, an element of disrespect remains a common denominator.\n<\/p>\n \u201cA mother gives life. Because of that fact, she should be respected. Raila\u2019s statement did not show respect to mothers by calling some of them fools,\u201d said Okola.\n<\/p>\n \u201cThe Bible says respect your father and mother. The ODM boss\u2019s remarks flouted this guide,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n Another elder, Jarongo Okumu, agreed with Okola, saying: \u201cRaila ought to have realised immediately that he\u2019d blundered. He\u2019d have, thereafter, sought forgiveness from the mourners and all mothers at large.\u201d\n<\/p>\n The Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate also received criticism from Twitter users on Tuesday morning, April 19.\n<\/p>\n Black Pimpernel (@McOwiti254) said: \u201cI cannot be abused and asked to vote.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Former Law Society of Kenya President Nelson Havi (@NelsonHavi) said: \u201cThe mothers of Homa Bay and their \u2018adult children\u2019 should just call it a bluff.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Alfred Omenya (@aomenya) said: \u201cHoma Bay people are up in arms after Jakom<\/em> (Raila) declared them as thick as their mothers for opposing project Wanga. Many are trying to interpret the great wisdom in that statement. There is none! Odinga should withdraw and apologise.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Raila Odinga said ODM settled on Wanga for Homa Bay Governor ticket following successful consensus efforts by the aspirants.\n<\/p>\n \u201cI knew that at the end of the day, only one person would clinch the governor\u2019s ticket, even if ten aspirants competed. I asked the aspirants to agree among themselves, and they settled on Gladys Wanga,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n The ODM chief said any person is free to run for an elective seat in any part of the country, his or her native background notwithstanding.\n<\/p>\n \u201cWe shouldn\u2019t discriminate any aspirant because they are not natives of the counties that they\u2019re seeking votes in. Siaya, Kisumu, Homa Bay or Migori counties belong to one people. Let\u2019s reject division efforts by our detractors,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n Wanga will face off against former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero, who is seeking to succeed Governor Cyprian Awiti on an independent ticket.\n<\/p>\n <\/em> reached Raila Odinga\u2019s communications director Dennis Onyango for comment, but he didn\u2019t pick our calls or respond to our text as of the time of publishing.\n<\/p>\n \nShare this story<\/b>\n<\/p>\n ODM leader Raila Odinga poses for a picture with Gladys Wanga. [File, Standard] On Monday, April 18, Raila Odinga made a statement in Homa Bay that left a bad taste in people\u2019s mouth. The ODM boss was at Nyasore Village in Kabondo Kasipul Constituency for the burial of Kenya\u2019s Ambassador to Qatar Paddy Ahenda. Ahenda […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1060699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3887],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1060698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1060698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1060698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1060698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1060698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}RELATED VIDEOS<\/span><\/h4><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"