1.      DISTRICT PROFILE

Bomet District is one of 18 districts of the Rift Valley Province of Kenya.

1.1.            Demographic Characteristics

1.2.            Socio-Economic Profile

Bomet District:

·          Is the 4^th most densely populated district in the province;

·          Has a primary school enrolment rate of 81.4%, being ranked 4^th in the province and 16^th nationally;

·          Has a secondary school enrolment rate of 18.2%, being ranked 10^th in the province and 37^th nationally;

·          Experiences the following main diseases: Malaria, respiratory tract infections, intestinal worms, skin diseases and infections, and diarrhoea diseases;

·          Has a 23.7% malnourishment rate of children under 5 years of age, being ranked 24 of 42 of the nationally ranked districts;

·          Has a life expectancy of 57 years, being ranked 21 of 45 of the nationally ranked districts;

·          Has an absolute poverty level of 61.80% being ranked 32 of 46 nationally ranked districts;

·          Has a 63.86% food poverty level being ranked 39 of 42 nationally ranked districts;

·          Has the lowest monthly mean household income in the province, Ksh. 3,283 being ranked 43 of 44 nationally ranked districts;

·          Has a food poverty level of 63.86 being ranked 39 of 42 nationally ranked districts;

·          Has an absolute poverty level of 61.80% being ranked 32 of 46 nationally ranked districts;

Bomet district has 3 constituencies: Bomet, Chepalungu, and Sotik Constituencies. The district’s 3 MPs, each cover on average an area of 628 Km² to reach 127,598 constituents. This is a ruling party, KANU, stronghold. In the 1997 general elections, KANU won two of the parliamentary seats, Bomet and Chepalungu, unopposed, while the other with 92.0% valid votes.

2.      CONSTITUENCY PROFILE

2.1.            Socio-Economic Profile

The locals are mostly dairy farmers.

2.2.            Electioneering and Political Information

This is a KANU stronghold. For the 1992 and 1997 general elections, KANU won the parliamentary seat unopposed. Despite the absence of opposition politics in the constituency, intra-party rivalry has pre-occupied the politics of the region. The battle is so bitter that it has overshadowed all other issues. KANU retained the seat in 2002.

2.3.            1992 General Election Results

2.4.            1997 General Election Results

Comments (2)

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written by kipyegonmaritim, November 21, 2006

I do hope these information is reaching our leaders. For Bomet district (where I come from) the primary school enrolment must be commented given the low incidences of poverty.Its high time we have a strategic plan for our district on the issues of poverty especially food security.
Thanks the authors for this information.

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written by Ambush, May 18, 2012

thanks for posting this information.This is commendable given it is the first of its kind.It will be of better value once the figures are updated based on the 2009 census statistics.keep it up.

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