Kipkelion West Constituency

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Kipkelion West
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Kipkelion West
Coordinates: 0°12′00″S35°27′53″E / 0.1999222°S 35.464728°E / -0.1999222; 35.464728
CountryKenya
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.

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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

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

See also

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).