Zakayo Cheruiyot

Zakayo Cheruiyot (born 1954) is a Kenyan politician.

Early life and education

Career

Cheruiyot championed the formation of the United Republican Party (URP), which has since been dissolved and merged to form the Jubilee Party. He decamped to Chama Cha Mashinani together with former Bomet Governor H.E. Isaac Ruto. He once belonged to the Orange Democratic Movement and was elected to represent the Kuresoi Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election.[1]

Media investigations have reported information indicating that Cheruiyot was involved in shielding Rwandan genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga from arrest and capture in the decade following the 1994 Rwandan genocide.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Members Of The 10th Parliament Parliament of Kenya. Accessed June 19, 2008". Archived from the original on June 16, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2008.
  2. ^ "Bloody end as trap for man behind massacres backfires". The Guardian. 22 January 2003.
  3. ^ Swain, Jon. "Rwandan 'terror paymaster' under protection of Moi aide". The Times.
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