Samuel Poghisio Explained

Samuel Losuron Poghisi
Office:Majority Leader of the Senate
Term Start:11 May 2020
Term End:8 August 2022
Office2:Senator for West Pokot County
Term Start2:31 August 2017
Term End2:8 August 2022
Birth Place:West Pokot County, Kenya
Nationality:Kenyan
Profession:Politician

[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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Poghisio replaces Murkomen in Senate. Daily Nation. en. 2020-05-12.
  2. http://www.bunge.go.ke/members.php Members Of The 10th Parliament
  3. Web site: Sen. Poghisio Samuel Losuron The Kenyan Parliament Website. www.parliament.go.ke. 2020-05-12.
  4. Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007
  5. News: Parliament of Kenya - Sen. Poghisio Samuel Losuron. 2018-02-08. en-gb.