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Cherargei: All-purpose attack dog or a vocal human rights activist?

Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei. A grandson of Jean-Marie Seroney, he says he inherited his activism genes from the firebrand former MP. [File, Standard]

Some call him fearless, others regard him an irritant. 

It was not until 2017 that Nandi Senator Samson Kiprotich Cherargei, or Mtetezi as he is commonly referred to by admirers of his human rights activism, came into national political limelight when he vied and won the Nandi Senate seat.

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