Governor Gladys Wanga has nominated Danish Otieno Onyango as the new Deputy Governor following the resignation of the previous office holder. The nomination, announced via an Executive Order today, is in accordance with the County Governments Act and is pending approval by the Homa Bay County Assembly.<\/p>\n
\nOnyango, a seasoned public servant, currently serves as County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Roads and Public Works. He previously rose through the ranks in national government, reaching the position of Undersecretary in the State Department of Infrastructure.
\nGovernor Wanga highlighted Onyango\u2019s accomplishments, noting:
\nOpening 736 kilometres of new roads in the 2024\/25 financial year.
\nMaintenance of 538 kilometres of existing roads.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Rehabilitation of 116 kilometres of access roads.
\nSuccessful implementation of Ksh 1.4 billion KISIP II projects.<\/p>\n
Supporting major national and county events hosted in Homa Bay.
\nIf confirmed by the County Assembly, Onyango will retain his Roads and Public Works portfolio while serving as Deputy Governor \u2014 a move already stirring debate about concentration of power and workload management.<\/p>\n
New Cabinet Nominations
\nIn a wider cabinet reshuffle aimed at boosting service delivery, Governor Wanga also announced:<\/p>\n
Elijah Obiny Dede (Ndhiwa Constituency) as CECM for Trade, Industry, Tourism, Marketing, and Co-operative Development.
\nGovernor Wanga stated that the nominations reflect her administration\u2019s commitment to efficiency, continuity, and performance-driven leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-county-news","category-latest-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1646,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1644\/revisions\/1646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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