Gladys Atieno Nyasuna Wanga (born 7 March 1981) is a Kenyan politician who is the current governor of
Homa Bay County. She is the first female governor from the
western region of the country and one of the seven female governors elected during the
2022 Kenyan general election
General elections are scheduled to be held in Kenya on 9 August 2022. Voters will elect the President, members of the National Assembly and Senate, county governors and members of the 47 county assemblies.
Background
The Constitution of Kenya ...
. She served as the
county woman representative
In Kenya a county woman representative is a member of the Kenya National Assembly who represents one of the 47 counties in a seat reserved for female members. The county woman representatives serve in the national assembly alongside the 290 member ...
of
Homa Bay County from 2013 to 2022.
Background and education
Gladys grew up in a political family following closely the footsteps of her late father John Nyasuna, who at one point was a renowned councillor in
Kisumu County
Kisumu County is one of 47 counties in the Republic of Kenya. Its borders follow those of the original Kisumu District, one of the former administrative districts of the former Nyanza Province in western Kenya. Its headquarters is Kisumu City ...
, which was then known as
Nyanza Province
Nyanza Province (; sw, Mkoa wa Nyanza) was one of Kenya's Provinces of Kenya, eight administrative provinces before the formation of the Counties of Kenya, 47 counties under the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 constitution. Six counties were organis ...
.
She obtained her bachelor's degree in Health Management from the
Kenyatta University in 2004 and later on graduated from
Kenyatta University in 2012 with a master's degree in health management. At
Kenyatta University, she was the first female to participate and win an elective seat as the general secretary of the Union of the Students.
Career
In her early career life, Wanga was initially the program manager at the Kenyan Trust for African Rock Art formerly Trust for Africa Art before retaining the same role at the Liverpool VCT Care and Treatment. In 2013, Wanga ran for an elective seat for women representative at the
Homa Bay county where she emerged victorious.
In Parliament, Wanga was a member of Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare in Kenya.
On 25 August 2022, she succeeded
Cyprian Awiti
Cyprian Achilaus Otieno Awiti (born December 14, 1952, in Homa Bay County) is a Kenyan politician who served as the first governor of Homa Bay County from 2013 to 2022. He is a member of Orange Democratic Movement and a member of Coalition for R ...
as the second governor of
Homa Bay County.
References
External links
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Kenyatta University alumni
Living people
Kenyan women in politics
Kenyan women journalists
Kenyan journalists
1981 births