Stephen Sang is a Kenyan lawyer and politician who currently serves as the second
Governor of Nandi County in
Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
. He previously served as Senator for
Nandi County from 2013 to 2017.
Early life and education
Stephen Kipyego Sang was born on 1 January 1985. He attended
Kapsabet High School in Nandi County, and the
University of Nairobi
The University of Nairobi (uonbi or UoN; ) is a college, collegiate research university based in Nairobi and is the largest List of universities and colleges in Kenya, university in Kenya. Although its history as an educational institution dat ...
, where he graduated with
Bachelor of Laws
A Bachelor of Laws (; LLB) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners. This degree requires the study of core legal subje ...
in the year 2008.
Electoral history
On August 8, 2017, Sang was elected as the youngest Governor in Kenya at 32, since the adoption of the devolved system in 2010. In 2013 he also made history when he was elected the youngest Senator at 28 in Kenya's inaugural Senate.
Sang has recently been at the forefront in condemning drug trafficking in the country terming some politicians beneficiaries of the trade.
Nandi County elects the youngest Governor in Kenya, Stephen Sang :: Kenya - The Standard
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References
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Members of the Senate of Kenya
County governors of Kenya
21st-century Kenyan lawyers
University of Nairobi alumni
1985 births
Living people
United Democratic Alliance (Kenya) politicians
Alumni of Kapsabet High School
21st-century Kenyan politicians