Writes Leo Odera Omolo.

Two leading contenders for various elective seats within Homa-Bay County were on a vote canvassing mission over the weekend which covered the newly created Homa-Bay Town and the old Rangwe constituencies.

Mrs Gladys Wanga an aspirant contesting Homa-Bay Women representative and one George Oner who is vying for the old Rangwe parliamentary seat address series of joint meeting in Central and East Gem Locations within Rangwe and also several women groups within Homa-Bay Town constituency.

Addressing the women groups in East Gem, Mr Wanga urged the women to ensuy4e that their daughters received good secondary and university education. She decried the rule of that stipulates that only women with secondary education may contest for the electives positions as being discriminative.

She said thee were many women of high leadership quality h0 could vie for elective position, but the new regulations would not permit them to do so.

She said women leaders should come out and contest all the elective position either in the County governance, parliamentary or Senate as one way of affirmative action for gender equality.

Mrs Wanga urged women to compete for all the elective positions even in the party branch leadership. She added that she was pleased that the new person who would be voted in as the first MP for the newly created Homa-Bay Town constituency will be starting a new home and must work yard to ensure the area receive faster growth of the ton and make it hub of business activities in the region. The Town has been chosen as the new administrative headquarters for the new Homa-Bay County and as such would require someone who works so hard.

Mr Wanga also spoke about the need for the electorate to go in for only the enlightened leaders whose kn0owledge and experience goes beyond the County and constituency levels, and who could go out there and attract financial and other assistance from foreign sources for the rapid development of the region.