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Kipkelion West Constituency

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Kipkelion West
Country Kenya
CountyKericho County

Kipkelion West is a constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in Kericho County.The next MP is Cheruiyot TUNGUTWET Koech.[1][2] 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[3] namely Kipkelion ward, Kunyak Ward, Kamasian Ward, and Chilchila ward. Main economic activities in the constituency are coffee growing[4] and dairy farming.

Members of Parliament

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Elections MP [5] Party Notes
2013 Jackson Rop URP General Election
2017 Hilary Kosgei alias Nyiganet Jubilee General Election

[2022 Kenyan General Election] ||UDA

|}[2027 Kenya General Election] ||[[United Democratic Alliance (Kenya) |UDA]] election|2027]]||Mp Kipkoech Denis alias Denno||[[UDA Party|General Election |-

References

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  1. ^ "Constituency – Constituencies in Kenya". softkenya. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Constituencies". The National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). Archived from the original on 2019-12-10. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Kipkelion West Constituency -Kericho county in Kenya". Archived from the original on 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  4. ^ Waking'a, Catherine. "Coffee farms give Kipkelion women financial freedom". WeEffect Global. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  5. ^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived 2008-02-28 at the Wayback Machine