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Cheruiyot talks political journey, achievements and Senate life

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Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot. [Samson Wire, Standard]

Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot got elected as Kericho Senator at the age of 30 years in 2016 following a by election occasioned by the appointment of his predecessor Charles Keter by former President Uhuru Kenyatta to serve as the Energy Cabinet Secretary.

Cheruiyot has gone ahead to be re-elected twice and is now serving his third term in office and is currently pushing the President's agenda in the Senate. He spoke to The Standard about his political journey saying that if he was not a politician he would be a journalist.

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