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  • KANU leader Gideon Moi bows out of Baringo’s Senatorial race

    Kenya African National Union (KANU) party leader Gideon Moi has officially pulled out of the Baringo Senatorial by-election scheduled for November 2025. 

    KANU Secretary General George Wainana confirmed that the party will not field a candidate following Gideon’s engagement with UDA Party Leader President William Ruto at State House, Nairobi, on Wednesday.

    The new development leaves the race to the r the UDA candidate Kiprono Cheburet Chemite and five others.

    Uncertainty over the former Senator’s next political move left several of his supporters who had gathered at Kabarnet Airstrip expecting to escort him to submit his bid for the seat in a state of disappointment.

    Earlier, UDA candidate Kiprono Chemitei’s convoy was confronted by agitated KANU supporters at the Monument in Kabarnet, forcing him to use a helicopter from Kiptilit to reach the center and submit his nomination papers.

  • Include Gideon Moi in Govt, Baringo locals tell Ruto 

    Include Gideon Moi in Govt, Baringo locals tell Ruto 

    A section of Baringo residents have expressed their distress after the County missed to secure a slot in President Ruto’s reconstituted cabinet.

    They called upon President William Ruto to consider Gideon Moi in his cabinet following the rejection of CS Nominee for Gender Stella Langat stating that Baringo has been left out in the recent cabinet slots.

    Speaking in Marigat town in Baringo South, they expressed disappointment that they have shown patience while the president was reconstituting his cabinet, only for Baringo to be forgotten.

    Elvis Dekatie, noted that as the Tugen community, they voted for the president, but it appears that their loyalty has not been reciprocated.

    He further mentioned that their loyalty was evident when they voted out Gideon Moi because of their support for the president. However, they now feel that they have been taken for granted as Baringo has been excluded from the cabinet.

    They rejected the president’s claims that he acts as the de facto CS of Baringo, noting that this would not be feasible given the president’s numerous responsibilities.

    Kipchumba, lamented that the community now feels marginalized without a key figure who previously advocated for them concerning employment opportunities and development initiatives.