The Kipsigis or Kipsigiis are a Nilotic people contingent of the Kalenjin ethnic group and speak a dialect of Kalenjin language identified by their community eponym,Kipsigis. It is observed that the Kipsigis and an aboriginal people native to Kenya known as Ogiek have a merged identity. The Kipsigis are the most numerous of the Kalenjin. The latest census population in Kenya put the Kipsigis at 1,972,000 speakers,accounting for 45% of all Kalenjin speaking people. They occupy the highlands of Kericho stretching from Timboroa to Mara River in the south,the west of Mau Escarpment in the east to Kebeneti in the west. They also occupy parts of Laikipia,Kitale,Nakuru,Narok,Trans Mara District,Eldoret and Nandi Hills.
Nicholas Kipyator Kiprono arap Biwott was a Kenyan businessman,politician,and philanthropist. Biwott served as a civil servant,Member of Parliament and government minister,during which time he held eight senior ministerial positions during the presidency of Daniel arap Moi.
Kericho is the biggest town in Kericho County located in the highlands west of the Kenyan Rift Valley. Standing on the edge of the Mau Forest,Kericho has a warm and temperate climate making it an ideal location for agriculture and in particular,the large scale cultivation of tea.
Kenyatta University (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Nairobi. It acquired the status of university in 1985,being the third university after University of Nairobi (1970) and Moi University (1984). As of October 2014,it was one of 23 public universities in the country.
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 sea level. It borders Uasin Gishu County to the North West,Baringo County to the North-East,Nandi County to the North-West,Nakuru County to the East and Bomet County to the South,Kisumu County to the Northwest and Nyamira County to the West. It has a population of 901,777 and an area of 2,111 km². Its capital and largest town is Kericho.
The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) is a state corporation established through the Science and Technology (Amendment) Act of 1979,,during the tenure of Nicholas Biwott as Minister of State,as the national body responsible for carrying out health research in Kenya.
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).
Dr. Elisha Kipyegon Taaitta Arap Toweett,also known as Taaitta Arap Toweett,was a scholar,writer,linguist and a Kenyan politician.
Kemron is the name of a drug which was released in Kenya in 1991 and was alleged to be highly effective in removing the symptoms of AIDS. When put under international scrutiny,the treatment was seen to perform no better than placebo. The advent of the drug was notable for the government support and international attention it received.
Joseph Maina Mungai was the first African to become Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Nairobi. Besides a medical journal editor position,and a long-term stint as a newspaper correspondent,he was also Head and faculty member of the Department of Anatomy,.
Kericho High School is a Kenyan boys secondary school,located in Kericho,Kericho County about 3.9kilometers from Kericho Town CBD. The current principal is Dr Daniel Chelule. Edwin Cheres the soin sigowet Mp aspirant 2022 is one of the alumnae. Former Kericho County governor Paul Chepkwony,current Ainamoi MP constituency Benjamin Langat,former Kericho County senator Charles Keter and the sitting Kericho County Senator Aaron Cheruiyot#:~:text=Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot,MGH( born,of the senate in 2022.Aaron Cheruiyot are alumni of Kericho High School
The Commission of Inquiry into the Education System of Kenya commonly referred to as the Davy Koech Commission was a Kenya Government Commission established on 15 May 1998 by the then President Daniel arap Moi. The commission was led by Dr. Davy Kiprotich Koech and was to investigated the question of the appropriateness of Kenya’s 8-4-4 education system
Filemona F. Indire is a politician from Kenya. He served as a nominated Member of the Parliament of Kenya between 1983 and 1988. He was also Kenya's ambassador to Russia in the 1960s,during Kenya's first president Jomo Kenyatta's tenure. After that,he served as a lecturer at the University of Nairobi.
Professor David Peter Simon Wasawo was a Kenyan zoologist,conservationist,and university administrator. After studying at Uganda's Makerere University he earned an M.A. at the University of Oxford and a PhD at University of London. He taught at Makerere University,and was Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Nairobi,and later chancellor of Great Lakes University of Kisumu.
Lily Chepkorir Koros Tare is a Kenyan medical administrator,who serves as Administration Secretary in the Kenya Ministry of Health,effective December 2018.
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.
Prof. Moses Kipng'eno Rugutt is a Kenyan Research Scientist and the immediate former Chief Executive Officer of the National Commission for Science,Technology and Innovation Prof. Rugutt was appointed to the position in 2014 having served in other senior positions in the Government of Kenya.
Professor Arthur Obel,a Kenyan scientist,identified the first cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Kenya and treated many AIDS patients. He developed two medications,Kemron and Pearl Omega,to cure HIV/AIDS. It was later discovered that neither Kemron nor Pearl Omega were effective medications against the retrovirus.
Wesley Kimngeno arap Rono was the Second Member of Parliament for Belgut Constituency in Kericho County in 1969. Before he joined politics he served as the Principal for Cheptenye Boys in Kericho County. He held a BSc from the University of Nairobi.
