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Samuel Poghisio

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Samuel Losuron Poghisio
Samuel Losuron Poghisi
Majority Leader of the Senate
In office
11 May 2020 – 8 August 2022
Senator for West Pokot County
In office
31 August 2017 – 8 August 2022
Personal details
Born1958 (age 65–66)
West Pokot County, Kenya
Political partyKANU
ProfessionPolitician

[1]Samuel Losuron Poghisio is a Kenyan politician who served as the Majority Leader of the Kenyan Senate. He belongs to the Kenya African National Union - KANU and was previously a member of the United Republican Party - URP and the Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya and was elected to represent the Kacheliba Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election.[2]

He was first elected to the parliament[3] in 1988, and also in 1997 and 2002. Until 2007 elections he represented the KANU party.[4]

His Kacheliba Constituency parliamentary seat was taken over by Mark Lomunokol in the 2013 elections having opted to vie for the Senatorial seat unsuccessfully.

He is currently serving as the Senator[5] for West Pokot County as from 2017 - 2022

References

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  1. ^ "Poghisio replaces Murkomen in Senate". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  2. ^ Members Of The 10th Parliament Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Parliament of Kenya. Accessed June 19, 2008.
  3. ^ "Sen. Poghisio Samuel Losuron | The Kenyan Parliament Website". www.parliament.go.ke. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  4. ^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived 2008-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Parliament of Kenya - Sen. Poghisio Samuel Losuron". Retrieved 2018-02-08.