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Governor of West Pokot County
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Simon Kachapin Kitalei is serving his second non-consecutive term as the Governor of West Pokot County after being re-elected in 2022. He was the county's first governor from 2013 to 2017. Before his gubernatorial career, he was a long-serving educator, having worked as a teacher and a school principal.
News articles featuring Simon Kachapin
Governor Simon Kachapin exposes a deadly environmental crisis in West Pokot, where illegal gold miners are using sodium cyanide and leaving "death trap" pits, poisoning water sources and threatening lives.
President Ruto hosts West Pokot leaders at Eldoret State Lodge, striking a deal on security and development to cement political loyalty in the North Rift.
