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Gladys Wanga

Gladys Atieno Nyasuna Wanga is the Woman Representative for Homa Bay County, a position she has occupied since 2013.

The vocal ODM politician has expressed interest in the Homa Bay gubernatorial seat in 2022, facing off with other heavy-weight aspirants such as former Nairobi governor Evans Kidero, ODM Chairman John Mbadi and the current deputy governor Hamilton Orata.

Mishi Mboko

Mishi Mboko Juma Khamisi is a Member of Parliament representing Likoni Constituency. She trounced former MP Masudi Mwahima in the 2017 elections. 

Mishi, who is ODM’s Director of Elections, has been at loggerheads with her Malindi counterpart Aisha Jumwa, who shifted her allegiance from Raila to Ruto which has allowed Mishi to gain prominence in the ODM hierarchy in the coastal region.

Catherine Waruguru

Catherine Waruguru is the Laikipia County Women Representative, a seat she won in the 2017 General Elections. Before that, she was a Member of the County Assembly (MCA) in Laikipia County between 2013 and 2017.

Waruguru has announced her intentions to vie for the Laikipia East parliamentary seat in 2022 pitting her against the current MP Mohammed Amin.

Aisha Jumwa

Aisha Jumwa is the Member of Parliament for Malindi. Her name has become almost like a permanent fixture in the media - over a number of issues in the past two years. There is no doubt that she has been the most talked-about woman politician in the Coast – and probably across Kenya.

Anne Kananu

Anne Kananu is the incumbent Nairobi Deputy Governor - a position she took over in January 2021 having remained vacant for three years.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminology and Security Management from Dedan Kimathi University. She also obtained a diploma in Criminology and Security Management from St. Paul’s University in 2013.

Millie Odhiambo

Odhiambo was first nominated by the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) in 2007. She would later be elected as the Suba North MP in 2013.

Since her entry into parliament, Odhiambo has sponsored two bills, the Victim Protection Bill, 2013 and the In-Vitro Fertilization Bill, 2014.