Linet Toto
Linet Toto Chepkorir | |
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| Woman Rep Bomet County | |
| Assumed office 8 September 2022 | |
| President | William Ruto |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Linet Chepkorir 20 April 1997 Chemomul, Bomet County, Kenya |
| Alma mater | Tharaka Nithi University (Bachelor's Degree - Procurement) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Linet Chepkorir Toto (born 1997) is a Kenyan politician under the UDA[1]party. After the general election on August 9 2022, Linet Chepkorir, better known as "Toto," became the youngest woman to be elected to the House of Representatives. She is currently Woman Representative in Bomet County.
Early life
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Linet Chepkorir populary known as Toto is the third born child to Leonard Lang’at and Betty Lang’at in Chemomul, Bomet County. She went to Kapsimbiri Elementary School, where she sat for her KCPE and later on joined Kapsimbiri Secondary School before transferring to Siwot Secondary for her secondary education. After her KCSE, she enrolled at University of Nairobi (UON) in 2018-2019.[2]She graduated from Chuka University in April 2021.
Political career
Linet was elected woman representative in the National Assembly from Bomet County in the 2022 general election.[3] She won 242,775 votes.[4] .She is the youngest member of the 13th Parliament of Kenya.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Wanja, Claire (2022-08-13). "Win for women #KenyaDecides2022". KBC. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
- ^ "HON. CHEPKORIR, LINET | The Kenyan Parliament Website". www.parliament.go.ke. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ Khaemba, Amos (2022-08-12). "Age is just a number: Toto thanks Bomet voters for trusting her with leadership". Tuko.co.ke - Kenya news. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
- ^ Nyaguthie, Racheal (2022-08-11). "Dreams do come true: Linet Toto, 24, wins Bomet woman rep seat". Tuko.co.ke - Kenya news. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
- ^ Linet Toto wins Bomet Women Rep trouncing her competitors by a landslide, retrieved 2022-08-14
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