A dynasty which has ruled Bomet county for the last 45 years came down tumbling last week during URP nominations. The defeat of Home Affairs assistant minister Beatrice Kones during Bomet East parliamentary primaries for the party marked the end of more than four decades of power exchange between two families; the Kones' and the Salats. The family of the late Kipkalya Kones who perished in a plane crash alongside former Sotik MP Lorna Laboso, has been steering the leadership of Bomet constituency since the death of former MP Isaac Kipkorir Salat, father to Kanu secretary general Nick Salat...
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