Kanu Secretary General Nick Salat has lost his bid for the Bomet East parliamentary seat.

This is the fifth time that Salat is losing his attempt to represent the constituency. He lost to UDA’s Richard Yegon.

Yegon garnered 35,431 votes to clinch the seat with Salat coming in second with 13,425 votes. Kalya John Kipkoech, who was seeking the seat on a Chama Cha Mashinani (CCM) party, finished third with 987 votes.

Salat was first elected to Parliament in 2002 after flooring the then MP Kipkalya Kones.

However, in the 2007 election, he lost the seat to Kones who made a comeback.

During the 2008 by-election following the death of Kones, Beatrice Kones made a succesful stab in politics and defeated him.

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In 2013, Salat went for the senatorial seat, but was defeated by the newcomer, Wilfred Lesan.

In the hotly contested 2017 general election, the Kanu official was trounced by Christopher Langat.