Teen makes history in Kenya Election

Kibiwott Munge

Nineteen-year-old Kibiwott Munge made Kenyan history by winning a seat in one of the newly established county assemblies.

A candidate for the United Republican Party, led by William Ruto, in the Rift Valley's rural Baringo county, he becomes the youngest Kenyan to clinch a political seat in an election.
In his acceptance speech, he said his success was a victory for young people and also thanked his parents. "I also thank my friend Njoroge who lent me his motorbike to campaign," Kenya's Daily Nation quotes him as saying.

He told the BBC that the politicians he most admired were Mr Ruto and US President Barack Obama.