Hon. Beatrice Chepng’eno Kemei, popularly known as “Chebaibai” or “Mama Yao,” is an environmental manager, educator and the Kericho County Woman Representative, elected under the United Democratic Alliance (UDA). She has declared that she will not defend her county seat in 2027 and will instead run for Member of Parliament for Soin/Sigowet Constituency, aiming to be its first female MP.

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In 2022 she was the only Member of Parliament in Kenya gazetted as elected unopposed. She sits on the Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining. She was a Board Director of the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC) from 2019 to 2022, Vice Chairperson of the Kericho Municipal Board and a compliance officer at the NSSF, and spent over two decades with the Teachers Service Commission as a Geography and CRE teacher, rising to Deputy Principal (1994–2015). She holds a Master of Arts in Environmental Planning and Management and a Bachelor of Education (Arts), both from Kenyatta University.