For MP · Marakwet West · 2027UDA

Timothy Kipchirchir KemboiLong’ole

Mbunge wa RaiaThe People’s MP

Local jobs from our own CDF. Better roads and markets for our farmers. Skills and credit for our youth, women and jua kali artisans. A fair share for every ward.

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303 days to the ballot · Tue 10 Aug 2027

Long’ole, in a blue suit and hat, shakes hands with a supporter while holding a football, surrounded by young players
  • Arror
  • Cherang’any/Chebororwa
  • Kapsowar
  • Lelan
  • Moiben/Kuserwo
  • Sengwer

Maybe you have already met him: on a hillside baraza, at church, on the football pitch or over tea with the wazee. Long’ole listens first. And he comes with a plan: make every shilling meant for Marakwet West work for Marakwet West.

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Long’ole smiling in a navy suit, holding a beaded staff, in a church hall
Timothy Kipchirchir Kemboi“Long’ole”

Kuhusu Long’oleWho he is

A young leader who walks with the wisdom of our elders.

Timothy Kipchirchir Kemboi, known to many simply as Long’ole, is standing to be Marakwet West’s Member of Parliament in 2027.

His campaign is built the way trust is built here: face to face. He kneels for the blessing of the wazee, sits on the grass at hillside barazas, celebrates with women’s groups, stands with young people on the football pitch and takes the hard questions live on radio.

He believes leadership starts with listening, and that money meant for Marakwet West should be felt in Marakwet West: in wages for our young people, roads for our farmers and affordable credit for our traders.

Simama na Kijana

Stand with the young man who stands with you.

UongoziHow he leads

Leadership you can see.

  • Long’ole kneels as elders stretch their hands over him in blessing

    Heshima kwa wazee

    Respect for the elders

    He seeks the counsel and the blessing of our elders, and carries it as a responsibility, not a ceremony.

  • Long’ole seated with a notebook, listening to residents at an outdoor meeting

    Anasikiliza kwanza

    Listens first

    Notebook open, he hears the questions before he gives the answers: at barazas, in homesteads and by the roadside.

  • Long’ole holding a football and shaking hands with a supporter in front of young players

    Simama na Kijana

    Stands with the youth

    A young man standing with young people, on the football pitch and in the fight for real, local jobs.

  • Long’ole clapping and dancing with a joyful women’s group in church uniforms

    Pamoja na akina mama

    Walks with the women

    From women’s groups to church fellowships, he celebrates and works with the mothers who keep our homes and markets running.

  • Long’ole addressing men seated on a grassy hillside above farmland

    Mashinani

    Goes where the people are

    Hillside barazas, homestead visits and school fields. He meets people where they live and work.

  • Long’ole in a hat at a radio studio table during a North Rift Radio interview

    Hewani

    On air, on record

    He takes the plan to the airwaves, including North Rift Radio, so every promise is public and you can hold him to it.

The heart of the plan

Marakwet West money.Marakwet West hands.Marakwet West growth.

Our constituency fund should create work at home, paying local youth, women and artisans to build the projects our wards need.

Mpango WetuThe plan

The Economic Model: Four Core Pillars

Built around how Marakwet West actually earns a living (horticulture, maize, livestock, small business and skilled hands) and aligned with UDA’s national agenda.

Long’ole, in a blue suit, smiles as he shakes hands with President William Ruto at an indoor event

Ajenda ya kitaifaThe national agenda

Connected to the national agenda.

Long’ole’s economic model is built to work hand in hand with UDA’s national programmes for agriculture, small business, youth and women, so that national plans reach every ward of Marakwet West.

Long’ole with H.E. President William Ruto

  1. Young people, women and elders seated together on a hillside at a community meeting

    Pillar 1: Kazi kwa wenyeji

    Labour-Based CDF Distribution & Local Job Creation

    A fair, transparent and labour-based distribution of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). Rather than outsourcing projects to large external firms, the model hires local youth, women and artisans to build and repair constituency projects, injecting money straight back into the micro-economy of every ward.

    • Local hands first: local youth, women and artisans hired to build and repair constituency projects.
    • Kept at home: constituency work done by our own people instead of being outsourced to large external firms.
    • Fair and transparent: a CDF distribution that every ward can follow.
    • Money that stays: wages spent at home, strengthening the micro-economy of the wards.
  2. A community meeting on a green valley floor, with farmland and hills behind

    Pillar 2: Kilimo ni biashara

    Agribusiness & Value Addition Support

    Horticulture, maize and livestock are the mainstays of Marakwet West. The plan integrates UDA’s agricultural transformation goals to help smallholders move from subsistence to commercial farming.

    • Market connectivity: massive improvements to rural feeder roads so smallholders can move fresh produce rapidly to the main trading centres.
    • Value addition: lower production costs and local processing capacity, in step with county goals.
    • Farming as a business: smallholders moving from subsistence to commercial scale.
  3. Long’ole addresses a large women’s group gathered on a field

    Pillar 3: Vijana na akina mama

    MSME, Youth & Women Empowerment

    In line with UDA’s national focus on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), the plan sets out specific legislative and financial inclusion for the people who drive our local economy.

    • Skills and inclusion: formal vocational training, business skills and capacity building tailored for youth and women groups.
    • Financial access: structures that let small traders and jua kali artisans use local cooperative societies (SACCOs) for affordable credit.
  4. Long’ole seated at a public event, reading through documents

    Pillar 4: Uwajibikaji

    Legislative & Oversight Protections

    Economic growth needs strong representation. Long’ole approaches legislation as a tool for economic protection, and oversight as a duty owed to every ward.

    • No waste: tight oversight of public spending.
    • Equal shares: resources allocated equitably across all six wards.
    • Protecting business: laws and representation that protect and boost local commerce.

Inavyofanya kaziHow it works

Your CDF, working twice.

Under the labour-based model, every constituency project does two jobs: it builds what the ward needs, and it pays the people of the ward to build it.

  1. 01

    Fair allocation

    NG-CDF resources shared transparently and equitably across all six wards.

  2. 02

    Local projects

    Constituency projects built and repaired in the wards that need them.

  3. 03

    Local hands

    Youth, women and artisans from the ward hired to do the work.

  4. 04

    Local growth

    Wages spent in our own shops, markets and SACCOs, and the ward economy grows.

…and the cycle starts again, stronger every time.

Wadi ZetuOur wards

Six wards. One fair share.

The plan commits to allocating resources equitably across every ward of Marakwet West. Find your ward and rally the people near you.

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MitandaoniLatest posts

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Jiunge NasiJoin us

Simama na Kijana.

Stand with the young man who stands with you.

This campaign runs on people. Join the team in your ward, volunteer your skills, or share the plan with one friend today. Every conversation counts.

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Ways to help

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