Kericho County is one of the 47 counties in Kenya. The county seats between longitude 35°02' and 35°40' East and between the equator and latitude 0°23' South with an altitude of about 2002m above the sea level. It borders Uasin Gishu County to the North West,Baringo County to the North,Nandi County to the North-West,Nakuru County to the East and Bomet County to the South. It has a population of 901,777 and an area of 2,111 km². Its capital and largest town is Kericho.
Amos Muhinga Kimunya,is a Kenyan politician and the Majority Leader of the National Assembly of Kenya under the Jubilee Party and Member of Parliament for Kipipiri Constituency,He was once Kenya's Minister of Trade. He was Minister of Finance from 2006 to July 2008,when he resigned due to the Grand Regency Hotel scandal. Previously,he was the Minister of Lands and Settlement. In 2019 Amos Kimunya graduated from the United States International University (Nairobi) with a PhD in business administration. On June 22 Hon. Kimunya replaced Hon. Aden Duale for the position of majority leader of the National Assembly.
David Kimutai Too was a Kenyan politician affiliated to the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). He was a high school teacher and then a principal from Kericho in Rift Valley,Kenya before being elected to the National Assembly from Ainamoi Constituency from a field of 13 candidates in the December 2007 parliamentary election. Charles Keter,a fellow Member of Parliament,described Too as "a very humble,quiet man." The "List of alleged perpetrators" of the 2007/2008 post-electoral violence of the Kenya National Human Rights Commission however lists him among the suspects on place 3 and charges him with "planning,incitement,and financing the violence".
Kipkalya Kiprono Kones was a Kenyan politician who served as a minister during the 1990s and was briefly Minister of Roads in 2008. He was a member of the National Assembly of Kenya from 1988 to 2008.
Lorna Chepkemoi Laboso was a Kenyan Politician born in Kericho District of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). She was briefly a Member of Parliament and Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Home Affairs in the Vice Presidents Office in 2008.
Peter Gatirau Munya is the immediate former Cabinet Secretary of Kenya's Ministry of Agriculture. He took over the ministry on 14 January 2020 after being transferred from the Ministry of Trade and Industrialization. He also served in the same capacity in the ministry of East African Community and Northern Corridor Development.
Jonathan Kiprono Langat Magerer is a Kenyan politician. He is a former member Orange Democratic Movement and was elected to represent the Kipkelion Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election. While in Parliament,he served as Deputy Chief Whip for ODM. He is remembered as one person who continues to serve Kenyans with dedication. On July 1,Langat was nominated as Executive Director of the Orange Democratic Movement,succeeding Janet Ongera. He was forceful ejected from ODMs National Executive Council meeting in October 2014 Hon. Magerer Langat Has continued to Serve the people of kiokelion constituency and Kericho County at large with diligence and dedication. He is seen from season to season participating in various public development initiatives,including fundraisers to build schools and for community development. As a seasoned politician,he has continued to champion for the efforts to revive development projects in the county,and enhance capacity building for his people. Reliable sources says that He will be contesting for the Kericho County Gubernatorial seat in 2022,seeking to succeed Prof. Paul chepkwony.
Zakayo Cheruiyot is a Kenyan politician who was born in 1954 at Kapsogut village in Bureti Constituency,Kericho County. His father,Arap Komuilong,was an Assistant Chief to Arap Tengecha,the Chief,during the colonial period. Cheruiyot attended Kapsogut Primary School prior to joining Litein High School and later Chesamis High School for his A-level education. The revered administrator holds a bachelor's degree in Literature and Governance from the University of Nairobi and a Postgraduate Diploma in Development Studies from Birmingham University in the UK. He is widely trained in public administration and has undergone major short courses on administration and management at the Kenya School of Government.
Professor Philip Kaloki PHD,EBS,MBS is a Kenyan politician and an expert in Governance,Leadership &Strategic Management. He was elected to represent the Kibwezi Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election.He contested the Kenya 2022 general elections as a running mate of Polycarp Igathe in a race for gorvernor seat in Nairobi county.
Belgut is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies of Kericho County. The constituency was established for the 1963 elections. A new Constituency Sigowet-Soin was curved out of this Constituency in 2013 after the promulgation of the new constitution (2010).
Yusuf Hassan Abdi is a Kenyan politician,diplomat,social activist and former journalist. After working many years with the United Nations,he joined the Kenya parliament as a legislator in 2011.
Henry Ariganyira Musasizi is a Ugandan business administrator,certified public accountant and politician. He is the reelected Member of Parliament for Rubanda County East and a representative for NRM,the ruling political party in Uganda.
Joshua Nyamweya Oigara is Kenyan businessman,accountant and corporate executive and the current Chief Executive Officer Stanbic Bank Kenya and South Sudan starting November 2022. He is the immediate former Group chief executive officer of the Kenya Commercial Bank Group. He served in that position from 1 January 2013. until 25 May 2022.
The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) is a professional body for certified public accountants (CPAs) in Kenya. ICPAK is a full member of the International Federation of Accountants and the Pan African Federation of Accounting.
Kipsengeret Koros is a Kenyan Politician and a Member of Parliament for Sigowet-Soin Constituency in Kericho County,Kenya. He was elected in 2017 on an Independent ticket where he garnered 20,284 votes against the outgoing's 13,068 votes. Koros is the second Member of Parliament since the inception of Sigowet-Soin Constituency in the year 2013. He won the seat after defeating Justice Kemei.
Agnes Nangila Odhiambo,is an accountant,financial manager and civil servant in Kenya,who was appointed as chairperson of the National Transport and Safety Authority of Kenya,a parastatal responsible for monitoring and regulating the use of public and private transport in the country. She was appointed on 15 May 2020,for a three-year term.
Paul Chepkwony is a Kenyan politician and professor. He was the Governor of Kericho County in Kenya. Chepkwony is a member of Jubilee Party.
Margaret Nyakang'o,is an accountant,financial manager and civil servant in Kenya,who was nominated as the "Controller of Budget of the Republic of Kenya",on 18 November 2019,the second person to serve in that capacity,since the office was established. She was sworn into office on 4 December 2019,having been approved by Parliament,the previous day. Immediately prior to her current assignment,she was a director at the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).
Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot,MGH( born 23 February 1986) is a Kenyan politician. He was elected as senator for Kericho County succeeding Charles Keter who had resigned to take up a cabinet portfolio. He was elected majority leader of the senate in 2022.
Geoffrey Rigathi Gachagua is a Kenyan politician who has served as the Deputy President of Kenya since 2022. He previously served as the Member of Parliament for Mathira Constituency between 2017 and 2022 as member of the Jubilee Party. In the 2022 election,William Ruto selected Gachagua as his running mate,and the two were elected with just over 50% of the vote.
