Gladys Atieno Nyasuna Wanga

Gladys Atieno Nyasuna Wanga is a Kenyan politician. She is the current women's representative^[1] for the Homa Bay County^[2] having clinched the seat in 2017 during the last general elections in Kenya.Finance Committee chairperson

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, which was then known as Nyanza Province.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5] In 2013, Wanga ran for an elective seat for women representative at the Homa Bay county where she emerged victorious. Seven years later, she still hold that position firmly.^[4] Wanga has been a member of Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare in Kenya since 2013.^[4]