Samuel Losuron Poghisio is a Kenyan politician who served as the Majority Leader of the

Kenyan Senate The Senate of the Republic of Kenya (Swahili language, swahili: ''Seneti ya Jamhuri ya Kenya)'' is one of the two Houses of the Parliament of Kenya, along with the National Assembly of Kenya, National Assembly. The Senate was first established ...

. He belongs to the

Kenya African National Union The Kenya African National Union (KANU) is a Kenyan political party that ruled for nearly 40 years after Kenya's independence from British colonial rule in 1963 until its electoral loss in 2002. It was known as Kenya African Union (KAU) from 19 ...

- KANU and was previously a member of the United Republican Party - URP and the Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya and was elected to represent the Kacheliba Constituency in the

National Assembly of Kenya The National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya (formerly House of Representatives) is one of the two Houses of the Parliament of Kenya. Between 1966 and 2013, it served as a unicameral house. In 2013 ( 11th Parliament), it became the lower ...

since the

2007 Kenyan parliamentary election General elections were held in Kenya on 27 December 2007. Voters elected the President, and members of the National Assembly. They coincided with the 2007 Kenyan local elections. Incumbent Mwai Kibaki, running on a Party of National Unity ( ...

. He was first elected to the parliament in 1988, and also in 1997 and 2002. Until 2007 elections he represented the KANU party. His Kacheliba Constituency parliamentary seat was taken over by Mark Lomunokol in the 2013 elections having opted to vie for the Senatorial seat unsuccessfully. He is currently serving as the

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for West Pokot County as from 2017 - 2022

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Living people Orange Democratic Movement politicians Kenya African National Union politicians Members of the National Assembly (Kenya) 1958 births {{Kenya-politician-stub