Wanga faces big task to gain clout in ODM as deputy breaks ranks

ODM candidate Boyd Were (carrying a paper) while addressing journalists in company of the party National Chairperson Gladys Wanga after being cleared by Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in their officer at Kosele trading center.[James Omoro/Standard]

Departed veteran politician Raila Odinga’s ODM party is facing a herculean task to avoid a potential embarrassment and clinch the hotly contested Kasipul parliamentary seat.

It is a race that has split senior ODM and UDA officials who have been working together in President William Ruto’s administration but are now pulling in opposite directions.