Samwel Chumel Moroto: Meet the teacher turned politician who has dominated parliament for two decades

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Samwel Chumel Moroto: Meet the teacher turned politician who has dominated parliament for two decades

Kapenguria MP Samuel Chumel Moroto began as an untrained teacher in 1983 before rising through KNUT to the National Assembly, where he has served since 2001

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