Christopher Langat

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Christopher Langat
Member of the Kenyan Parliament
Assumed office
August 2017
Personal details
Nationality Kenyan
Political party Jubilee Party
Alma mater University of Nairobi
Moi University

Christopher Andrew Langat is a Kenyan politician who is the current senator for Bomet County. [1] [2] [3] He is a member of the Jubilee Party. [1]

He attended the University of Nairobi [1] and Moi University where he obtained a PhD in education. [4]

In 2020 he was appointed to the senate's COVID-19 committee following the resignation of senator Johnson Sakaja [5]

Electoral history

General election 2017: Bomet [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Jubilee Christopher Andrew Langat 140,396 53.3
KANU Nicholas Kiptoo arap Korir Salat100,50638.2
Chama Cha MashinaniStephen kiplangat Koskey13,6965.2
ODM Andrew Kimutai Langat5,0611.9
IndependentAndrew Kibet Toweet2,5061.0
The National Vision PartySamuel Kipkemoi Kirui1,0870.4
Majority39,89015.2
  1. WTCemployment history

2016-March 2017 he worked in Moi University (Bomet college Campus) as the Dean, School of Human Resource Development

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