Kipkelion West Constituency

Kipkelion West
Constituency
Kipkelion West
Coordinates: 0°12′00″S35°27′53″E / 0.1999222°S 35.464728°E / -0.1999222; 35.464728
Country	Kenya
County	Kericho County
Government
•  Member of parliament	Hillary Kiplangat Koskei [1]

Kipkelion West is a constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in Kericho County. ^{[2] [3]} It was split from the now defunct Kipkelion Constituency to create two constituencies that are Kipkelion West and Kipkelion East after the promulgation of the New Constitution in 2010.

Kipkelion West is made up of four wards ^[4] namely Kipkelion ward, Kunyak Ward, Kamasian Ward, and Chilchila ward. Main economic activities in the constituency are coffee growing ^[5] and dairy farming.

Members of Parliament

Elections	MP	Party
2013	Rob Jackson Kipkorir	URP [6]
2017	Hilary Kosgei	Jubilee [7]
2022	Hilary Kosgei	UDA [8]

See also

• Ainamoi Constituency
• Belgut Constituency
• Kipkelion East Constituency

References

1. "HON. KOSGEI HILARY KIPLANG'AT".
2. "Constituency – Constituencies in Kenya". softkenya. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
3. "Constituencies". The National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). Archived from the original on 2019-12-10. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
4. "Kipkelion West Constituency -Kericho county in Kenya". Archived from the original on 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
5. Waking'a, Catherine. "Coffee farms give Kipkelion women financial freedom". WeEffect Global. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
6. 4th March 2013 General Election: Election Data (PDF) (Report). Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.
7. Data Report of 2017 Elections (Report). Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.
8. "Republic of Kenya Thirteenth Parliament Members of the National Assembly" (PDF).