Linet Toto
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| office = County Woman Representative of Bomet County
| term_start = 8 September 2022
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| birth_name = Linet Chepkorir
| birth_date = 1997
| birth_place = Chemomul, Bomet County, Kenya
| nationality = Kenyan
| party = United Democratic Alliance
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| alma_mater = Tharaka Nithi University {{small|(Bachelor's Degree - Procurement)}}
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Linet Chepkorir Toto (born 1997) is a Kenyan politician under the UDA{{Cite web |last=Wanja |first=Claire |date=2022-08-13 |title=Win for women #KenyaDecides2022 |url=https://www.kbc.co.ke/win-for-women-kenyadecides2022-2/ |access-date=2022-08-14 |website=KBC |language=en}} party. After the general election on 9 August 2022, Chepkorir, better known as Toto, is presumed to be the youngest woman to be elected to the National Assembly, currently the Woman Representative in Bomet County.
Early life
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Linet Chepkorir, popularly known as Toto, was the third born child to Leonard Lang’at and Betty Lang’at in Chemomul, Bomet County. She went to Kapsimbiri Elementary School, where she sat for her KCPE and later on joined Kapsimbiri Secondary School before transferring to Siwot Secondary for her secondary education.{{Cite web |title=Hon. Chepkorir, Linet |url=http://www.parliament.go.ke/the-national-assembly/hon-chepkorir-linet |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=www.parliament.go.ke}} She graduated from Tharaka University in April 2021.
Political career
Linet was elected woman representative in the National Assembly for Bomet County in the 2022 general election.{{Cite web |last=Khaemba |first=Amos |date=2022-08-12 |title=Age is just a number: Toto thanks Bomet voters for trusting her with leadership |url=https://www.tuko.co.ke/politics/467602-linet-toto-bomet-voters-trusting-leadership-age-im-grateful/ |access-date=2022-08-14 |website=Tuko.co.ke - Kenya news. |language=en}} She won 242,775 votes.{{Cite web |last=Nyaguthie |first=Racheal |date=2022-08-11 |title=Dreams do come true: Linet Toto, 26, wins Bomet woman rep seat |url=https://www.tuko.co.ke/politics/467359-bomet-linet-toto-clinches-woman-rep-seat-youngest-parliamentarian/ |access-date=2022-08-14 |website=Tuko.co.ke - Kenya news. |language=en}} She is presumed to be the youngest member of the 13th Parliament of Kenya.{{Citation |title=Linet Toto wins Bomet Women Rep trouncing her competitors by a landslide |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUs6_IjFTSA |language=en |access-date=2022-08-14}}
Legal issues
In August 2023,, Linet Toto was sued by a former staff member in her office for alleged wrongful dismissal from service.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-23 |title=Bomet Woman Rep Linet Toto faces lawsuit over alleged wrongful dismissal |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/bomet/bomet-woman-rep-linet-toto-faces-lawsuit-over-alleged-wrongful-dismissal--4344942 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=Nation |language=en}}
Personal life
On 14 February 2023, she was engaged to be married.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-14 |title=Bomet MP Linet Toto Gets Engaged in Private Ceremony - Kenyans.co.ke |url=https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/85642-bomet-mp-linet-toto-gets-engaged-private-ceremony |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=www.kenyans.co.ke |language=EN}} She married her fiancé Godfrey Kimutai on 4 March in a traditional Kalenjin Koito ceremony.{{Cite web |last=Okumu |first=Lynet |date=2023-09-05 |title=MP Linet Toto sparks online reactions with floor-length Sunday best |url=https://www.pulselive.co.ke/entertainment/celebrities/bomet-woman-rep-linet-toto-sparks-online-reactions-with-floor-length-sunday-best/9qwbefm |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=Pulselive Kenya |language=en}}
See also
References
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Category:People from Bomet County
Category:Kenyan women representatives
Category:21st-century Kenyan women politicians
Category:Members of the 13th Parliament of Kenya
Category:United Democratic Alliance (Kenya) politicians
Category:Tharaka University alumni
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