Belgut Constituency: Political history
Belgut in early 1963 comprised the current Ainamoi, Belgut and Sigowet-Soin.
The journey started in 1963 where Alfred Kiptaro Kerich, who hailed from Kaptebeswet in the current Belgut, was elected unopposed.
Alfred Kiptaro Kerich ( First Belgut MP used to work as a court clerk at Kericho Law Courts. Studied up to Class 8)
Contestants in that election of 1969 were:
Alfred Kiptaro Kerich (was defending his seat)
Wesley K. Rono (A graduate of University of Nairobi and the then Cheptenye Boys Principal)
Ayub Chepkwony (A new entrant to Belgut Politics from Chepkolon area in the current Belgut. He used to Work with Voice of Kenya (VOK Kalenjin Service and also worked with Kenya Police)
In that election of 1969 Alfred Kiptaro Kerich lost to Wesley K. Rono.
Contestants in that election of 1974 were:-
Alfred Kiptaro Kerich (Seeking re-election after losing the previous election to Wesley K. Rono)
Ayub Chepkwony (was still seeking the seat after losing 1969 polls)
Wesley K. Rono (was defending his seat )
Benjamin (new entrant, was from somewhere in Chemamul)
By then Kiptarus Kirior, who later became the Member of Parliament for Belgut, was the councillor for Soin Ward and serving at the same time as the H/T Kipsitet Primary.
In that election of 1974 Alfred Kerich managed to clinch the seat from Wesley K. Rono (Alfred Kiptaro Kerich had claimed earlier that this guy won't perform and true to his words people agreed that he didn't really perform to the expectation of many.
Contestants in that election of 1979 were:
Ayub Chepkwony(Seeking again for the third time)
Kiptarus Kirior (new entrant to the MP politics after serving as councillor for Soin Ward)
Frank Ruto (A new entrant to the politics of Belgut and a former employee of Kenya Breweries;a Bsc graduate of University of Nairobi. He worked with Henry Kosgei where Kosgei was the General Manager. He resigned from that position the same year to go and vie for the seat of MP, Tindiret Constituency.
Alfred Kiptaro Kerich (Defending his seat)
Martha Maseti (From Kapsuser and the first woman to vie for the seat of MP in Belgut)
In that election of 1979 Ayub Chepkwony won after seeking the seat for three times and was made Assistant Minister in Moi's Govt of 1979 to 1983. Kiptarus Kirior came a strong second place.
Contestants for that election of 1983 were:
Frank Ruto (Seeking for the second time)
Kiptarus Kirior (Seeking for the second time)
Wesley Ruto (Ndovu) (New entrant to Belgut Politics and the then Deputy Principal Sosiot Girls)
Ayub Chepkwony (was defending his seat)
In that election of 1983 Kiptarus Kirior won.
Contestants in that election of 1988 were: …