Writes Leo Odera Omolo In Kaericho Town

A TOP Kipsigis journalist from the South Rift has won a parliamentary seat in the newly created Sigowet constituency in the lower Belgut within Kericho County.

Justice Kipsang’ Kemei who contested the election on an URP ticket beat six other aspirants. The new constituency was curved out of the old larger Belgut.

A holder of a master’s degree in Mass Communications, Kemei is the former Corporate director of Communication and marketing at the Chemelil Sugar Compan y in Nyando district,Kisumu County.

Prior to joining Chemelil Kemei had served in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting as a district information officer and a reporter with the Kenya News Agency. He later moved to the National Cereal and Marketing Board and served as its Pubic Relations Manager.

He resigned and contested the parliamentary politics in 2007 when he contested the election in the old and large Belgut constituency against the then incumbent Charles Keter. He had sought for the ODM but was rigged out in an unclear circumstance. Thereafter Kemei got engaged in private businesses acting as a consultant in Mombasa and Nairobi.

And while he was working for the Chemelil Sugar Company, Kemei made a lot of contacts with the local people, helped many youths secured jobs at the sugar complex.

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