Franklin Bett

'Franklin Kipn'getich Bett' alias (Chepkooit) (born 1953) is a Kenyan politician.He belongs to the Jubilee Alliance Party and was elected to represent the Bureti Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007.

Early life and education

Honorable Franklin Kipng’etich Bett, also known as Chepkooit to his supporters, was born on the morning of 23 March 1953 in Kiptiriri village, Cheborge Location in the larger Kericho District. He was enrolled in Cheborge Primary School in 1960 and later moved to the newly built Korongoi Primary School in 1963 where he graduated at the top of his class in 1968.

He was selected to join Tenwek High School in 1969, by then a mission school under the auspices of the World Gospel Missionaries. Some of Bett's notable co-alumni of Tenwek High School include Mr. Mark Kipkemoi Bor, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, his close friend and predecessor at the Ministry of Roads the late Hon. Kipkalya Kones, the late Dr. Bishop Rono, Honorable Ambassador John Koech, Hon. Josephat Nanok and many other leaders in business, politics and academia.