Sotik Constituency
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Sotik Constituency is an
History
Sotik would have been Abagusii and Maasai territory before 1800 but with a treaty put forward by Menya arap Kisiara, the Maasai migrated to Narok; and in the 1830s the arrival of the three sons of arap Turgat from Nandi; led to a forceful and violent eviction of the Abagusii from the reaches of Bureti (Kapkatet), to Keroka which has a meaning of 'look at home' in Kipsigis dialect.
The arrival of the three sons of arap Turgat was followed by the arrival of the British and the Kipsigis rallied alongside the Nandi and resisted the construction of the Uganda railway; which upon the death of Koitalel and by the agenda of the church against the Orgoik, the Kipsigis signed the Lumbwa Treaty which saw the end of their resistance against the British.
Sotik in its initial status was a stretch of plains where big game was practiced. It is in American records that America's 26th President:-
Sotik is understood by the Belgut Kipsigis to be a general term for Bomet and its residents (Usually derogative as Bomet Kipsigis, especially those from Trans-Mara are seen to be primitive and conservative- An attitude with roots from Lubwa treaty). This is because Bomet town used to be called Sot, only to be changed to Bomet because it used to host an industry scale slaughter house during early post Independence period.
Members of Parliament
Elections | MP [1] | Party | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Anthony Kipkoskei Arap Kimeto | KANU | |
2002 | Anthony Kipkoskei Arap Kimeto | KANU | |
2007 | Lorna Chepkemoi Laboso | ODM | Laboso died alongside Kipkalya Kones in an air crash in June 2008. [2] |
2008 | Joyce Cherono Laboso |
ODM | By-election [3] |
2013 | Joyce Cherono Laboso |
URP | General Election [4] |
2017 | Dominic Kipkoech Arap Koskei(Sotet Junior) | JP | He is the son of former MP Anthony Kipkosgei Arap Kimeto(Sotet) |
2022 | Francis Kipyegon Arap Sigei | UDA | Sigei won the seat after trying to capture the seat five times. |
Wards
Wards | ||
Ward | Registered Voters(2022 elections) | Current Member of County Assembly (MCA) |
---|---|---|
Rongena Manaret | 12,034 | Rosaline Cheptoo |
Chemagel | 18,870 | Busienei Dennis Kiprotich |
Kipsonoi | 17,736 | Peter Ronoh |
Kapletundo | 20,992 | Nathan Kibet |
Ndanai Abosi | 17,049 | Kirui Paul Kipyegon |
See also
References
- ^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived 2008-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Two Kenyan government ministers die", Sapa-AFP (IOL), June 10, 2008.
- ^ KBC, September 26, 2010: Kones and Laboso win seats[permanent dead link]
- ^ : National Assembly 2013 - Member of the National Assembly