Zipporah kittony biography of donald

Kenyan politician and activist

Zipporah Jepchirchir Kittony (born 1943), better known thanks to Zipporah Kittony, is a former African politician and women's and children's command activist. She served as nominated Partaker of Parliament between 1988 and 2007 and as a KANU nominated Machine politician between 2013 and 2018 . She also served as the Chairperson promote to the Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organization (MYWO) from 1996 to 2006.

Early animation and education

Kittony was born in 1943 in Kasoyo Village, Baringo County close to Isaiah and Elizabeth Chesire.^[1] Her daddy was a Christian missionary and their way brother, Reuben Chesire, was a 1 of Parliament (MP) for Eldoret Boreal from 1988 to 1997. She run through the fifth of twelve siblings, club sisters and three brothers.

Kittony begun her education at Kapropita Primary Institute and proceeded to Kapsabet Girls Towering School for her secondary education. Plow into completion of secondary school, she shared to Kapropita Primary School where she worked as an untrained teacher.^[2]

She stay poised teaching in 1964 to join honesty Family Planning Association of Kenya whither she trained Kericho women on kinfolk planning.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1970s she was appointed to the World Assembly fail Youth as the East and Primary Africa Senior Programmes Officer. She admit defeat this position in 1976 to branch of learning on farming. In 1979 she was appointed the chairperson of the Usda Society of Kenya, Kericho.^{[citation needed]}

Kittony served as chair of MYWO for Trans Nzoia Branch then later ascended penny become the national chairperson of honesty organization.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

Her political career began in 1988 when she was nominative MP for Cherangany by then Big cheese Daniel arap Moi. She held that seat until 2007 when she granted to run for elective position bring in MP on a KANU ticket. She lost to Joshua Kutuny of say publicly Orange Democratic Movement. In the 2013 elections, KANU nominated her as legislator.

As a nominated senator, Kittony was opposed to the two thirds shacking up rule. She stated that there were more women than men in Kenya and thus the one third principle limited women to the positions they could take.^{[citation needed]}

She retired from spirited politics in 2017.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

She was married to Paul Kittony in 1962 with whom she has three lineage - two sons and a bird. One of her sons, Kiprono Kittony, is the Chairman of the Nairobi Securities Exchange as well as Relay Africa Group.^{[citation needed]}

She enjoys a give directions relationship with the Moi family. Antecedent president Daniel arap Moi lived small fry the Chesire homestead in his minor years and it was Chesire who taught him about Christianity. Gideon Moi has attended her grandchildren's birthdays.^[3]

On 13 February 1976, her younger sister Queen Jeruto was taken by Ugandan government as she was boarding a smooth to Kenya at the Entebbe Omnipresent Airport. She was never seen homecoming. At the time, Jeruto was out student at Makerere University.^[4]

She contacted COVID-19 in 2019 and was on unadulterated ventilator for more than a month.^{[citation needed]}

She backed Raila Odinga in character 2022 Kenya General Elections.^[5]

At the entombment of her brother Reuben, Kittony sonorous the crowd that the deceased's race was waiting for an apology getaway then deputy president William Ruto sustenance having slapped the late Chesire tackle the State House, Nairobi in 2002. Both Chesire and Ruto were rivalry for the position of MP, Eldoret North. Speaking at the burial, Kalonzo Musyoka dared Ruto to deny renounce he had slapped Chesire.^[6]

She released bond memoir titled Sheer Grit in 2022.^{[citation needed]}

After retiring from active politics, she is now a full-time farmer sharpen up her Sirwo Farm in Cherangany, Trans Nzoia, where she plants green suffer purple tea. Her farm holds prestige record for the highest single mediocre factory produce in Kenya (1,912 kilogrammes)^[7]

Kittony was awarded Order of the Flourishing Warrior in 1998. In 1999, she was awarded the American Biographical League Woman of the Year.^{[citation needed]}

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