{"id":110558,"date":"2025-02-17T15:03:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T15:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/02\/17\/senator-cheptumo-to-be-buried-on-march-1\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T15:03:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T15:03:41","slug":"senator-cheptumo-to-be-buried-on-march-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/senator-cheptumo-to-be-buried-on-march-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Cheptumo to be buried on March 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 17 \u2013 The late Baringo Senator William Cheptumo will be buried on March 1 his Bartabwa Ward home in Baringo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Funeral plans are being coordinated by a planning committee chaired by former Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the burial, planning meetings will be held on February 18, 19, 20, and 25 at his Nairobi, Kabarnet, and Tunoiwo homes.<\/p>\n<p>Cheptumo passed away on Sunday at Nairobi Hospital after battling a medical condition for some time.<\/p>\n<p>A Nairobi church service in his honor is scheduled for February 27 at the Milimani AIC Church, beginning at 10:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>President William Ruto had mourned Cheptumo as a \u201cprogressive leader dedicated to public service,\u201d praising his tireless efforts to transform Baringo County.<\/p>\n<p>President Ruto further described him as a \u201cvocal, hardworking, and a tireless champion for the transformation of Baringo,\u201d adding that the senator\u2019s family, friends, and constituents remain in his thoughts and prayers.<\/p>\n<p>Cheptumo had served as the Baringo North MP before unseating Senator Gideon Moi in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Speaker Amason Kingi who confirmed Cheptumo\u2019s death at Nairobi Hospital on Sunday mourned him as a selfless leader.<\/p>\n<p>Kingi described Cheptumo as a resolute leader who approached his legislative duties with \u201cunmatched zeal and selflessly articulated the interests of the people of Baringo and Kenyans at large.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the 11th Parliament, he sat in various committees including the Committee on Delegated Legislation as the chairperson, Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs as a member, House Business Committee as a member and at the Committee on Pensions as a member.<\/p>\n<p>In the 12th Parliament, he served as chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>He was also the chairperson of the Senate National Security, Defense and Foreign Relations Committee before his demise.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 17 \u2013 The late Baringo Senator William Cheptumo will be buried on March 1 his Bartabwa Ward home in Baringo. Funeral plans are being coordinated by a planning committee chaired by former Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui. Ahead of the burial, planning meetings will be held on February 18, 19, 20, and 25 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}