Hon John Lonyangapuo

PROFILE

Hon Prof John Krop Lonyangapuo

ABOUT ME

Governor of West Pokot County incumbent[1] Incumbent,

Assumed office

9 August 2017

Preceded by Simon Kitalei Kachapin 1st Senator of West Pokot County In office

28 March 2013 – 08 August 2017

Succeeded by Samuel Poghisio

Permanent Secretary of the GOK In office 2008–2010

Personal details,

Born 10 December 1964 (age 55)

Kanyarkwat, West Pokot County, Kenya

Nationality Kenyan

Political Party KANU[2]

John Krop Lonyangapuo

About

JOHN KROP LONYANG'APUO

born 10 December 1964) is a Kenyan politician. He was the former Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Industrialization (2008 - 2010), under the Leadership of President Mwai Kibaki, He is an active member of Kenya African National Union at the National Level. He is currently serving as the Governor for West Pokot County after serving as the Senator from 2013 - 2017.

SPECIALIZATION

He was a member of the Kenyan Senate (3) representing West Pokot County from March 4, 2013 to August 8, 2017 having been elected on a KANU Party ticket. In April 2019, Lonyangapuo became a social media and news sensation across Kenya after a video of him attacking a Mr. Ruto Kapchok surfaced online. The video which was later widely shared across social media platforms shows an irritated and irate Lonyangapuo addressing his constituents in Makutano,

EDUCATION

Lonyang'apuo was born in Kanyarkwat, west pokot Country, Kenya. He attended St Mary' School Yala, Nyanza for his secondary education after which he completed his undergraduate studies at Egerton University, Kenya where he obtained Bachelor of Science in Pure Mathematics and later on did his graduate studies at the University of Leeds, UK where he obtained his PHD in Applied Mathematics.