Hon. Cosmas Kipngetich Korir Speaker

Born in Koinon Constituency of Bomet County, Honourable Cosmas Kipngetich Korir is a career agriculturalist with particular passion in crop development, value addition and agribusiness. He holds a Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics and Resource Economics from University of Kabianga. He also holds a Bachelors’ degree in Agribusiness Management and a Diploma in Farm Management from Egerton University. He has a career spanning over 20 years in the agriculture sector, having served in different leadership and policy making positions in public and private sector. He has served as the Director for Crops Development in West Pokot County where he steered the development of market driven value addition systems and structures. Before that, he served as the Director for value addition at Bomet County Government where he is credited for steering value addition programmes and streamlining the participation of youth and women in agribusiness. He has also served at the National Government as the District Agribusiness Development Officer where he was charged with coordinating national agribusiness policy and collaborating with research institutions in development of agricultural technologies. He has also chaired different secondary schools’ boards of management in Bomet and current Delegate – Chepsol Cooperative Society.