Uasin Gishu Deputy Governor John Barorot has announced his resignation.
According to Uasin Gishu Governor Jonathan Bii, his deputy resigned after landing a lucrative job as CEO of an international ICT company.
Bii said Barorot is set to start work on September 1st.
“To be a CEO of an international firm is a blessing to Uasin Gishu,” Bii said.
Barorot confirmed his resignation and said he had to secure the ICT job as it was time-bound.
“The governor is my friend and we have worked very well and discussed my exit in the last month. The job is time-bound and there was no time to waste and we decided that I go for it,”
“I know it’s emotional, but sometimes change is good, and we have to accept it,” Barorot said.
Jonathan Bii Chelilim took over the helm of Uasin Gishu after being elected as the second governor of the county.
Bii, popularly known as ‘Koti Moja’ trounced billionaire Zedekiah Bundotich ‘Buzeki’.
Bii amassed 214036 votes against 127013 garnered by the latter.
The victory put to an end the curse of a trail of losses that Bii had suffered since he threw his hat into the political ring.
He compared himself with former US president Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln’s career had been characterized by several losses before he rose to the presidency.
In 1997, Jonathan Bii unsuccessfully squared it out with William Ruto for the Eldoret North parliamentary seat.
The unflinching politician lost again in the 2007 and 2013 polls.
In 2017, he vied for the Soy parliamentary seat on a KANU ticket but was floored by Caleb Kositany.
However, into 2022, he seemed to have established the correct footing by going for the Uasin Gishu gubernatorial seat on a UDA party.
