Kipchumba Murkomen whose full name is Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen is a Kenyan lawyer and a current sitting Senator for Elgeyo Marakwet County. In 2013, Murkomen was elected Senator for Elgeyo-Marakwet County on a URP ticket, winning against the late Nicholas Biwott among other veteran politicians. In 2017, Murkomen was re-elected on a Jubilee ticket, beating former Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo. Furthermore, he was the Majority Leader of the Senate House. He is also one of the fore-founders of the United Republican Party (URP), a Jubilee subsidiary.
Age
He was born in 1979, Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya.
Wife
Murkomen got married to his beautiful wife known as Gladys Wanjiru who is a mother of two children. Murkomen is a responsible father to his son and daughter having a great foundation in the Christian faith.
Lawyer
He has also partnered with few other learned friends to establish their law firm called Sing’oe, Murkomen & Sigei Advocates. Through this, Murkomen has brought home a rich experience in public policy, trade, investment and lobbying having worked for an international law firm and leading lobbying firm in Washington DC.
Education
Primary and secondary education’s details are not available. He, however, started his tertiary education at the University of Nairobi pursuing a Bachelors’s Degree in Law. Murkomen also went a notch higher and joined the American University Washington College of Law in America where the Lawyer also graduated. Driven by his passion in the field, Murkomen further joined the University of Pretoria in South Africa where he graduated.
Politics
He started having an interest in politics at a young age since he was still in high school. Kipchumba was first elected as the dining hall captain at his high school. Later, he joined the University of Nairobi and got elected as the first second year student to hold the chairman’s position of Kenya Law Society. This was the era when the student union had been banned hence becoming a key instrument in reforming it.
Kipchumba became a member of the United Republican Party (URP) in 2012. He made a coalition with TNA to form the Jubilee Alliance in February, 2013. In March 2013, he was elected the Senator of Elgeyo Marakwet County
He is also a Lecturer at the Catholic University of East Africa, Moi University, and the University of Nairobi, besides politics.
Net Worth
Murkomen earns a good salary from his work as a Senetor to accumulate good net worth and from his career as a lecturer. Though, his exact net worth is not yet known but this information will be updated as soon as it is available.
