Cynthia Muge
Cynthia Muge | |
|---|---|
| Born | c.1993 |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Education | University of Nairobi |
| Occupation | politician |
| Known for | young MP |
| Political party | United Democratic Alliance |
Cynthia Muge nicknamed Cheptikonyol (born c.1993) is a Kenyan politician. She served in Kilibwoni and she was elected in a landslide victory in 2022 to the National Assembly to represent Nandi County.
Life
[edit]Muge was born in about 1993 in a village called Kipsirichoi in the Emgwen constituency. She attended the Mi Girls Insiya school and later graduated from the University of Nairobi in 2016 after studying urban planning. She returning to study project planning in 2018 and she was awarded a masters degree in 2020.[1]
Muge was an elected politician in the division of Kilibwoni in Nandi County. She had stood as an independent and she gained a landslide victory in the Nandi constituency.[1][2]
She was the youngest of the six women politicians who were elected MPs on 9 August 2022 who had been previously served as leaders in their county. The other five were Beatrice Elachi came from Nairobi county, Umul Ker Kassim was from Kwale County, Fatuma Masito was from Kwale County, Susan Ngugi Mwindo from Tharacki Nithi and Linda Sopiarto was from the Kajiarto government.[3]
After the 2022 election she was involved with a scheme that empowering women her area to become coffee farmers. Muge noted that women did the ageicultural work but they enjoyed few benefits. Muge was giving them coffee seedlings and training so that they could help revive the coffee industry. Shade brees and bananas were being planted to prevent land erosian and to give shade.The idea was named Kahawa na Mama and started out with hundreds of women. By 2025 the scheme was distributing 500,000 coffee plant seedlings to 4,000 women.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Reporter, Staff (2022-08-22). "The political journey of one of the youngest elected MP in Kenya". Kulan Post. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ^ "HON. MUGE CYNTHIA JEPKOSGEI | The Kenyan Parliament Website". parliament.go.ke. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ^ "Six women join Parliament from county assemblies". Daily Nation. 2022-09-01. Archived from the original on 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
- ^ "Nandi County Mp drawing thousands of women into coffee ownership | Kilimo News". kilimonews.co.ke. 2025-06-16. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
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