Belgut Constituency


Belgut is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies of Kericho County. The constituency was established for the 1963 elections. A new Constituency Sigowet-Soin was curved out of this Constituency in 2013 after the promulgation of the new constitution.
It spans the area that lies between the Kericho Kisumu highway to the East and the Chemosit River to the west. It occupies the land mass between Kericho, Sondu and Kabianga towns. Its headquarters is Sosiot Town.
Its main economic activity is tea farming, with the constituency being host to Tegat and Momul tea factories. Other activities include dairy, maize, vegetable farming. On its lower side towards SoinSigowet constituency, sugar farming has taken root recently.

Members of Parliament

ElectionsMPPartyNotes
1963Alfred Kiprato KerichKADU
1969Wesley K. RonoKANUOne-party system
1974Alfred Kiprato KerichKANUOne-party system
1979Ayub arap ChepkwonyKANUOne-party system
1983Kiptarus arap KiriorKANUOne-party system.
1988Ayub arap ChepkwonyKANUOne-party system.
1992Kiptarus arap KiriorKANU
1997Charles D. K. arap KiruiKANU
2002Charles Cheruiyot KeterKANU
2007Charles Cheruiyot KeterODM
2013Erick Mlimani KeterKANU
2017Nelson Sonko KoechJUBILEE PARTY
2022Nelson Sonko KoechUDA Party

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.

1963-1969

Alfred Kiptaro Kerich

1969–1974

Contestants in that election of 1969 were:
  1. Alfred Kiptaro Kerich
  2. Wesley K. Rono
  3. Ayub Chepkwony
In that election of 1969 Alfred Kiptaro Kerich lost to Wesley K. Rono.

1974–1979

Contestants in that election of 1974 were:-
  1. Alfred Kiptaro Kerich
  2. Ayub Chepkwony
  3. Wesley K. Rono
  4. Benjamin
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.

1979–1983

Contestants in that election of 1979 were:
  1. Ayub Chepkwony
  2. Kiptarus Kirior
  3. Frank Ruto
  4. Martha Maseti
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.

1983–1988

Contestants for that election of 1983 were:
  1. Frank Ruto
  2. Kiptarus Kirior
  3. Wesley Ruto
  4. Ayub Chepkwony
In that election of 1983 Kiptarus Kirior won.

1988–1992

Contestants in that election of 1988 were:
  1. Ayub Chepkwony
  2. Kiptarus Kirior
  3. Wesley Ruto
  4. Frank Ruto bite Kirior's finger. Kiptarus Arap Kirior filed a against Ayub Chepkwony challenging his election as Member of Parliament for Belgut Constituency under in the year 1988. Remember DCs at time were the Returning Officers across Kenya.

1992–1997

Contestants for that election of 1992 were:-
  1. Charles Kirui DK
  2. Ayub Chepkwony
  3. Kiptarus Kirior
  4. Wesley Ruto
In that election of 1992 Kiptarus Kirior won. And was made the Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Culture in Moi's Govt of 1992 to 1997.

1997–2002

Remember this is the time Ainamoi was created out of the larger Belgut. Kirior now moved out to the newly created Ainamoi Constituency.
Contestants in that election of 1997 were:
  1. Charles Kirui
  2. Ayub Chepkwony
  3. Wilson Soy
In that election of 1997 Charles Kirui won. This election marked the end of Ayub's political career. He later fell sick and died.

2002–2007

Contestants in the election of 2002 were as follows:
  1. Charles Keter
  2. Charles Kirui
Charles Keter won and trumped over his brother-in-law. This marked the end of Kirui's political career in Belgut Politics.

2007–2013

Contestants in the election of 2007 were as follows:
  1. Charles Keter
  2. Justice Kemei
  3. Eric Arap Keter - Mlimani
  4. Esther Keino
In that election of 2007 Charles Keter won. He was the first MP in Belgut's political history to be re-elected for a second term in a row.

2013–2017

In the general election of 2013 it saw the creation of a new constituency out of the Belgut. The new constituency was named Sigowet-Soin Constituency.
Contestants in the election of 2013 were as follows:
  1. Eric Arap Keter - Mlimani
  2. Nelson Koech-Sonko
  3. Nixon Sigei-Pakistan

2017–2022

The contestants in the general election of 2022 were as follows:
  1. Eric Arap keter
  2. Nelson Koech
  3. Dominic Mutai - magufuli
  4. Raymond Cheruiyot
Nelson Koech won with 34293 votes. Eric Arap keter came in second with 18171 votes.