Sotik Constituency
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Sotik Constituency is an electoral constituency
in Kenya
. It is located partly in Bomet District
and partly in Buret District
. The constituency was established for the 1997 elections.
Constituencies of Kenya
Constituencies of Kenya are used to select members of the Kenyan parliament. Currently there are 210 constituencies in Kenya. However, following the promulgation of the new constitution, the number of constituencies are to be increased to 290...
in Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
. It is located partly in Bomet District
Bomet District
Bomet District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Bomet. The district has a population of 382,794 and an area of 1,882 km² .The district has three electoral constituencies:...
and partly in Buret District
Buret District
Buret District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Litein. The district has a population of 316,882 and an area of 955 km² . The district has two electoral constituencies: Konoin Constituency and Bureti Constituency ....
. The constituency was established for the 1997 elections.
Members of Parliament
| Elections | MP | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 Kenyan general election, 1997 General elections were held in Kenya on 29 December 1997. The result was a victory for the ruling Kenya African National Union, which won 107 of the 210 seats in the National Assembly, and whose candidate Daniel arap Moi won the presidential election... |
Anthony Kipkosge Kimeto | KANU Kenya African National Union The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002... |
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| 2002 | Anthony Kipkosge Kimeto | KANU Kenya African National Union The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002... |
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| 2007 Kenyan general election, 2007 Kenyan general election, 2007 was held on 27 December 2007 . It comprised Presidential, parliamentary and civic elections. The previous general election in Kenya was held in 2002.-See also:*Kenyan presidential election, 2007... |
Lorna Laboso Lorna Laboso Lorna Chepkemoi Laboso was a Kenyan politician of the Orange Democratic Movement . She was briefly a Member of Parliament and Assistant Minister in 2008.... |
ODM Orange Democratic Movement Orange Democratic Movement refers to a political party in Kenya, which is the successor of a former grassroots people's movement which was formed in the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum. The erstwhile single party which separated in August 2007 into two... |
Laboso died in an air accident in June 2008 |
| 2008 | Joyce Cherono Laboso Joyce Cherono Laboso Dr. Joyce Cherono Laboso is a Kenyan politician and member of the National Assembly of Kenya. She succeeded her sister, Lorna Laboso in the Sotik Constituency seat in a by-election held on 25 September 2008... |
ODM Orange Democratic Movement Orange Democratic Movement refers to a political party in Kenya, which is the successor of a former grassroots people's movement which was formed in the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum. The erstwhile single party which separated in August 2007 into two... |
By-election |
Wards
| Wards | ||
| Ward | Registered Voters | Local Authority Local authorities of Kenya Local authorities in Kenya are the bodies controlling local governance in Kenya.Kenya has four classes of local authorities: City, Municipality, Town and County council. Currently there are three authorities with city status: Nairobi, the national capital, Mombasa and Kisumu... |
|---|---|---|
| Chebilat | 1,263 | Sotik town |
| Chemagel | 2,947 | Sotik town |
| Kaplong | 1,952 | Sotik town |
| Monire | 1,045 | Sotik town |
| Yaganek | 585 | Sotik town |
| Kamungei | 5,618 | Bureti county |
| Kapletundo | 6,363 | Bureti county |
| Siriat | 2,995 | Bureti county |
| Mutarakwa | 3,260 | Bomet Bomet Bomet is a city in the Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It is the capital of Bomet District. Bomet has an urban population of 4426 and a total population of 42,024 . It is located along the B3 road between Nairobi and Kisii via Narok.... municipality |
| Abosi | 5,595 | Bomet county |
| Kipsonoi | 8,152 | Bomet county |
| Ndanai Ndanai Ndanai is a settlement in Kenya's Rift Valley Province.... |
9,498 | Bomet county |
| Rongena | 4,790 | Bomet county |
| Total | 54,063 | |