Siaya Deputy Governor Oduol to Head Governors Caucus

On Monday 14 August 2024, the caucus of Deputy Governors convened a consultative meeting to discuss key issues affecting County Governments including clawback on devolution. During the meeting elections were held and the universally admired Oduol elected Deputy Chairperson.

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His Excellency Reuben Kamuri was elected Chairperson.

Oduol’s political fortune appeared to take a downhill plunge following incessant feuding with his boss at the county, Senior Counsel James Orengo, Governor of Siaya. His claims of corruption and mismanagement of funds saw a compromised Assembly impeach him only for him to be reinstated by the Senate.

With time the Siaya DG has been vindicated on issues he raised such as non-remittance of statutory deductions, otherwise called salary byproducts; NHIF, NSSF, CPF, LAPFUND. For the past few months these have been paid to Siaya County Government but not remitted to the authorities.

CPA Dr. William Oduol Denge first took a shot at the Siaya gubernatorial seat in 2013 and the courts had to come in to determine a winner between him and Rasanga due to the thin victory margin. In the 2022 Elections he was swayed from taking a shot at the Alego-Usonga Constituency seat and instead convinced to add impetus to the James Orengo gubernatorial ticket.

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A distinguished private sector executive Oduol has now learnt the gamut of betrayal, treachery and licentiousness that informs Kenyan politics.