Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot | |
Honorific Prefix: | Honourable |
Office1: | Majority Leader of the Kenyan Senate |
Honorific Prefix1: | Majority Leader |
Term Start1: | September 2022 |
Predecessor1: | Samuel Poghisio |
Order2: | 3rd |
Office2: | Member of the Kenyan Senate |
Constituency2: | Kericho County |
Term Start2: | March 2016 |
Predecessor2: | Charles Keter |
Honorific Suffix2: | Senator |
Party: | UDA |
Birthname: | Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot |
Birth Date: | 23 February 1986 |
Birth Place: | Kapchebet, Kabianga, Kenya |
Nationality: | Kenyan |
Citizenship: | Kenya |
Spouse: | Linah Chesang Cheruiyot |
Children: | 1 |
Alma Mater: | Moi University, Eldoret. United States International University Africa, Nairobi. Kericho High School |
Occupation: | Politician |
Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot, MGH(born 23 February 1986) is a Kenyan politician. He was elected as senator for Kericho County succeeding Charles Keter who had resigned to take up a cabinet portfolio.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He was elected majority leader of the senate in 2022.[6]
Aaron Cheruiyot was born in 1986. He grew up in Kericho County. He undertook his primary and secondary education at Unity Primary school and Kericho High School respectively, before proceeding to Moi University in Eldoret where he acquired a BA degree specialising in Language and Literary studies. In 2010 he joined the Kenya Institute of Management and acquired a Diploma in Marketing.[3]
Cheruiyot is married to his longtime girlfriend Lenah. The couple have a daughter Maria.[7]
Cheruiyot is a supporter of English Premier League club Arsenal.[8]