Gideon Moi trounced in Baringo Senatorial race in humiliating defeat

Immediate former Baringo senator and Kanu national chairman Gideon Moi has been trounced in the senatorial race by his main challenger Wiliam Cheptumo of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party in the just concluded elections.

The outgoing two-term senator garnered 71,480 votes against Cheptumo’s 141,777.

In the governor race, former Benjamin Cheboi (UDA) beat incumbent Stanley Kiptis (Independent) to reclaim the seat he lost in 2017. Cheboi got 137,486 votes as Kiptis came a distant third with 17,646.

Moses Lessonet was second with 60,879 votes.