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Chelagat Mutai
Chelagat Mutai (died 2013)

Chelagat was born in 1949, and was a Kenyan Activist and former member of parliament. Chelagat gained interest in politics as a young girl, and by twenty-four, she won the Eldoret North Parliamentary seat by election. Chelagat and her colleague Seroney fought for good governance, and were interested in going beyond Nandi Nationalism. Chelagat led a controversial political career, often using her platform to criticize the government of first president Kenyatta, who she spoke out against for making land pacts with the British. Chelagat's defiance led to a downward spiral in her political career, and in 1976 she was prosecuted for inciting squatters to invade private land in Ziwa. She served two and a half years in prison. Upon Chelgat's release from prison, she re-entered the parliament, but complex political changes in Nandi led to the end of her political career.