Sotik Constituency

Sotik Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya established for the 1997 elections. It is one of five constituencies in Bomet County.

History

There are several theories that explain the origin of the name SOTIK

1) After the exit of colonial settlers, the inhabitants who came were from a place called Sot in Bomet district, which in native language Sotiik will mean people from Sot.

2) Another has it that it was a sorting post for the white settlers; the word repeatedly pronounced by the unschooled natives and distortion ended up in referring the place as SOTIK.

3) Another has it that; the existence of a forest around Sotik KCC junction initially was very thick and the white settlers use to say

Members of Parliament

Elections MP [1] Party Notes
1997Anthony Kipkosge KimetoKANU
2002Anthony Kipkosge KimetoKANU
2007Lorna LabosoODMLaboso died in an air accident in June 2008 [2]
2008Joyce Cherono LabosoODMBy-election [3]
2013Joyce Cherono LabosoURPGeneral Election [4]
2017Kipkoech Dominic KoskeiJubilee PartyMP For All [5]

Wards

Wards
Ward Registered Voters Local Authority
Chebilat1,263Sotik town
Chemagel2,947Sotik town
Kaplong

References

  1. ↑ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived 2008-10-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "Two Kenyan government ministers die", Sapa-AFP (IOL), June 10, 2008.
  3. ↑ KBC, September 26, 2010: Kones and Laboso win seats
  4. ↑
    [http://info.mzalendo.com/position/member-national-assembly/?place_slug=bomet-county
    National Assembly 2013 - Member of the National Assembly]
  5. ↑ 2017 AugustGeneral ELection: Newcomers Upstage Seasoned Politicians in Bomet

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