County profile
Kericho County
People. Elections. Representation. Public money.
People & places
Largest first; equal values share a rank. County registers exclude diaspora. Select a measure for its source. The 2022 population is KNBS's projection for that year, carried forward from the 2019 census — an estimate, not a count. 901,777 residents were counted here in 2019.
County outline. Constituency boundary polygons are not held; the list opens each constituency.
Registering for 2027
Across the whole country 2,936,516 people had newly registered as voters as at Aug. 20, 2026. It already includes the county figure above and is never added to it. Continuous voter registration has run since Sept. 29, 2025.
There is no 2027 register yet — IEBC de-duplicates, audits and gazettes one first — so these cannot simply be added to the 2022 figure above.
Dates, scope & source
Enhanced Continuous Voter Registration, Phase 1, run from March 30, 2026 to April 28, 2026. Figures are IEBC's own, stated as of April 28, 2026.
Newly registered voters only. IEBC prints transfers of registration (1,842) and changes of particulars (38) in the same table; neither is a new voter and neither is added here.
The figure is IEBC's; describing it as new registrations rather than the register is ours, and the release's own sentence states no scope and no window.
Registered voters · 2017 to 2027
Between the registers held · 2017–2022
How this is worked out
Both figures compare the same county in the two registers we hold. Percentage change = (2022 count − 2017 count) ÷ 2017 count × 100. Ranks cover only counties with a register in both years. These are registrations, not votes cast.
Bars are scaled against the largest register this county itself holds, and start at zero. A year with no register held shows no bar rather than a zero.
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Age profile & sources
People & the register · Kericho
Years, scope & sources
² KNBS Volume XVI, Appendix 5: the population KNBS projects for 2022, carried forward from the 2019 census. It is an estimate of how many people live here, not a count of people enumerated. 901,777 residents were actually counted in 2019 — KNBS Volume I, Table 2.4, all persons.
The adult figure stays on 2019 because no projected one exists: Volume XVI prints five-year age bands, so 18 falls inside 15–19 and no voting-age figure is published at county level for any year. Splitting that band here would be inventing a number KNBS has not published.
¹ KNBS Volume III, Table 2.3: population distributed by age and sex; excludes the intersex population, so it sums lower than the headcount above. The adult count is aged 18+ on census night in 2019 — Volume I prints no age breakdown, so the adults figure can only come from this table. The register counts registrations in 2022, not ballots cast.
68,544 residents were aged 15–17 in 2019. Ageing, migration and the different dates can affect this comparison. This is not a registration rate. KNBS sub-counties are not constituencies; this comparison applies at county level.
Representatives
Who speaks for Kericho in Parliament.
2022 election — who won here
Declared winners from the IEBC Kenya Gazette.
County-wide winners · 2022
GovernorErick Mutai KipkoechUDA · 316,768 votesGazette 9949
SenatorCheruiyot Aaron KipkiruiUDA · 292,295 votesGazette 9955
Woman RepresentativeKemei Beatrice Chepng’enoUDAGazette 9951
Constituencies & registered voters
Constituency winners · 2022
AinamoiLangat Benjamin KipkiruiUDA · 59,254 votesGazette 9950
BelgutKoech NelsonUDA · 45,861 votesGazette 9950
BuretiKomingoi Kibet KiruiUDA · 64,856 votesGazette 9950
Kipkelion EastCherorot Joseph KimutaiUDA · 36,066 votesGazette 9950
Kipkelion WestKosgei Hilary KiplangatUDA · 26,222 votesGazette 9950
Sigowet/SoinKemei Justice KipsangUDA · 28,398 votesGazette 9950
County Assembly (MCA) winners — 30 wards
- Waldai · Siele Julius Kipkorir 12,614 UDA
- Chilchila · Kipngeno Hezron 12,593 UDA
- Sigowet Ward · Rogony Kiprotich 11,816 UDA
- Kedowa Kimugul · Richard Cheruiyot Langat 11,000 UDA
- Litein · Kirui Vincent Kipngeno 9,719 UDA
Show the other 25 of 30, same scale
- Kapsoit · Chirchir Paul Kibiegon 9,598 UDA
- Londiani · Vincent Korir Kipkirui 9,098 UDA
- Chepseon · David Maritim Kipkorir 9,095 UDA
- Kabianga · Mutai Dominic Kipkirui 8,701 IND
- Kapkatet · Birir Amos Kimutai 8,649 UDA
- Cheplanget · Bosuben Hillary Kibet 8,617 UDA
- Ainamoi · Bett Cheruiyot 7,819 UDA
- Chemosot · Mibey Anita Cherono 7,648 UDA
- Kaplelartet Ward Bii · Erick Kiprop United Democratic Alliance 7,447 UDA
- SoinWard · Rop Naaman Kipsigei 7,432 UDA
- Kapsaos · Bii Kiptoo Paul 7,243 UDA
- Kamasian · Rono Philip Kingetich 7,232 UDA
- Kisiara · Kiprob Ngetich Gilbert 7,010 UDA
- Kapsuser · Kemoi Peter Kibet 6,925 UDA
- Kapkugerwet · Cheruiyot Martin Kiplangat 6,509 UDA
- Cheboin · Terer Francis Kiplangat 6,301 UDA
- Soliat Ward · Kipkoech Albert 6,040 UDA
- Kipkelion · Ruto Anthony Kibet 5,892 UDA
- Cheptororiet/Sere Rotich tut · Haron Kipkemoi United Democratic Alliance 4,769 UDA
- Tebesonik · Kirui Kipngeno 4,744 IND
- Kipchebor · Eric Kipkirui Bett 4,264 UDA
- Kunyak · Koskei Simon 4,196 UDA
- Tendeno Sorget · Moses Rotich Cheruiyot 4,081 UDA
- Kipchimchim · Mutai Philiph Kipngenoh 3,288 UDA
- Chaik · Korir Mathew Kipkurui 2,926 IND
Show all 30 wards as a table
| Ward | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ainamoi | Ainamoi | Bett Cheruiyot | UDA | 7,819 |
| Kapkugerwet | Ainamoi | Cheruiyot Martin Kiplangat | UDA | 6,509 |
| Kapsaos | Ainamoi | Bii Kiptoo Paul | UDA | 7,243 |
| Kapsoit | Ainamoi | Chirchir Paul Kibiegon | UDA | 9,598 |
| Kipchebor | Ainamoi | Eric Kipkirui Bett | UDA | 4,264 |
| Kipchimchim | Ainamoi | Mutai Philiph Kipngenoh | UDA | 3,288 |
| Chaik | Belgut | Korir Mathew Kipkurui | IND | 2,926 |
| Cheptororiet/Sere Rotich tut | Belgut | Haron Kipkemoi United Democratic Alliance | UDA | 4,769 |
| Kabianga | Belgut | Mutai Dominic Kipkirui | IND | 8,701 |
| Kapsuser | Belgut | Kemoi Peter Kibet | UDA | 6,925 |
| Waldai | Belgut | Siele Julius Kipkorir | UDA | 12,614 |
| Cheboin | Bureti | Terer Francis Kiplangat | UDA | 6,301 |
| Chemosot | Bureti | Mibey Anita Cherono | UDA | 7,648 |
| Cheplanget | Bureti | Bosuben Hillary Kibet | UDA | 8,617 |
| Kapkatet | Bureti | Birir Amos Kimutai | UDA | 8,649 |
| Kisiara | Bureti | Kiprob Ngetich Gilbert | UDA | 7,010 |
| Litein | Bureti | Kirui Vincent Kipngeno | UDA | 9,719 |
| Tebesonik | Bureti | Kirui Kipngeno | IND | 4,744 |
| Chepseon | Kipkelion East | David Maritim Kipkorir | UDA | 9,095 |
| Kedowa Kimugul | Kipkelion East | Richard Cheruiyot Langat | UDA | 11,000 |
| Londiani | Kipkelion East | Vincent Korir Kipkirui | UDA | 9,098 |
| Tendeno Sorget | Kipkelion East | Moses Rotich Cheruiyot | UDA | 4,081 |
| Chilchila | Kipkelion West | Kipngeno Hezron | UDA | 12,593 |
| Kamasian | Kipkelion West | Rono Philip Kingetich | UDA | 7,232 |
| Kipkelion | Kipkelion West | Ruto Anthony Kibet | UDA | 5,892 |
| Kunyak | Kipkelion West | Koskei Simon | UDA | 4,196 |
| Kaplelartet Ward Bii | Sigowet/Soin | Erick Kiprop United Democratic Alliance | UDA | 7,447 |
| Sigowet Ward | Sigowet/Soin | Rogony Kiprotich | UDA | 11,816 |
| SoinWard | Sigowet/Soin | Rop Naaman Kipsigei | UDA | 7,432 |
| Soliat Ward | Sigowet/Soin | Kipkoech Albert | UDA | 6,040 |
Source: IEBC · Kenya Gazette · Gazette 9956 · declared winners only, not per-candidate tallies.
Parliamentary activity
What Kericho's members do across both Houses.
Certified Hansard contributions in the current Parliament; presiding-officer speech is never counted, and each representative's own count is shown on their card above. Browse the full National Assembly and Senate.
Totals across both Houses for the county's current members, for the selected period, using the same counting policy as the member profiles.
Topics raised by members
Three leading topics per member · current parliamentary term · automated labels, not official categories. Topics may overlap.
Counts are contributions tagged with a topic, not a measure of work done within this county.
Kericho County government budget
What the county government itself budgeted and spent, as reported by the Controller of Budget — separate from the NG-CDF money below.
Controller of Budget, Annual FY 2024/25 — the report.
NG-CDF in Kericho County
National-government development money allocated per constituency — not the county government's budget.
- Bureti KSh 211,874,573
- Ainamoi KSh 202,243,910
- Belgut KSh 192,613,248
- Kipkelion East KSh 182,982,585
- Kipkelion West KSh 182,982,585
Show the other 1 of 6, same scale
- Sigowet-Soin KSh 182,982,585
Allocations by constituency and financial year
| Constituency | FY 2025/26 | FY 2024/25 | FY 2023/24 | FY 2022/23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ainamoi NG-CDF record → | KSh 202,243,910 | KSh 188,414,052 | KSh 184,129,901 | KSh 151,960,174 |
| Belgut NG-CDF record → | KSh 192,613,248 | KSh 179,441,954 | KSh 175,361,810 | KSh 145,087,603 |
| Bureti NG-CDF record → | KSh 211,874,573 | KSh 197,386,150 | KSh 192,897,991 | KSh 158,832,745 |
| Kipkelion East NG-CDF record → | KSh 182,982,585 | KSh 170,469,857 | — | KSh 138,215,033 |
| Kipkelion West NG-CDF record → | KSh 182,982,585 | KSh 170,469,857 | KSh 166,593,720 | KSh 138,215,033 |
| Sigowet-Soin NG-CDF record → | KSh 182,982,585 | KSh 170,469,857 | — | KSh 138,215,033 |
Source: NG-CDF Board, checked against their own record before publication.
How this compares
KSh 1.16B 22nd of 47
Ahead of 43% · median KSh 1.16B
428,067 21st of 47
Ahead of 55% · median 398,981
1,982 5th of 47
Ahead of 89% · median 916
2 45th of 47
Ahead of 4% · median 12
51 4th of 47
Ahead of 91% · median 16
62 28th of 47
Ahead of 40% · median 73
1 25th of 47
Ahead of 23% · median 2
1,127 3rd of 47
Ahead of 94% · median 42
What these numbers don’t measure
- Committee work
- Parliament publishes no committee attendance for either House, so nobody can count it — us included.
- Constituency work
- Funerals, harambees, schools, casework. Recorded nowhere we can read.
- Whether it worked
- We can count questions asked, not answers given.
- Speaking often isn’t speaking well. Use these to ask your representative better questions — not to grade them.
Sources & coverage
Years, geographic scope and original records.
- KNBS census · 2019 — county age/sex population, as enumerated.
- KNBS projections · Volume XVI — the population projected for 2022 from the 2019 census. An estimate, not a count.
- IEBC register · 2022 — registrations, not votes cast.
- IEBC declarations · 2022 — each winner links to the Gazette in Elections.
- Parliament — current members' records and Hansard. Topic labels are automated analysis, not Parliament's own categories.
- Controller of Budget · 2024/25 — Annual FY 2024/25.
- NG-CDF project records use each constituency's register. These and its allocations are separate from county-government spending. View records.