Zakayo Cheruiyot is a Kenyan politician who was born in 1954 at Kapsogut village in Bureti Constituency, Kericho County. His father, Arap Komuilong, was an Assistant Chief to Arap Tengecha, the Chief, during the colonial period. Cheruiyot attended Kapsogut Primary School prior to joining Litein High School and later Chesamis High School for his A-level education. The revered administrator holds a bachelor's degree in Literature and Governance (Political Science) from the University of Nairobi and a Postgraduate Diploma in Development Studies from Birmingham University in the UK. He is widely trained in public administration and has undergone major short courses on administration and management at the Kenya School of Government (formerly, Kenya Institute of Administration). He was a District Officer in Central Province, then Deputy Provincial Commissioner for the Rift Valley Province from 1987. From 1997 to 2003, he was Permanent Secretary for Internal Security under President Daniel Arap Moi. He is credited for streamlining the security docket; reforming the uniformed forces and silencing militias and illegal groupings. To date, the impact of his reign as the Permanent Secretary in the Internal Security docket still reverberates. It is important to note, that during his term, there was no minister for internal security thus he reported directly to the President. He was dismissed by the incoming Kibaki government. Hon. Cheruiyot's political career began after his early retirement from public administration following the triumphant entry of the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) regime led by former President Mwai Kibaki (2003-2013). During the 2007 General Elections, Cheruiyot contested and ousted Hon. Moses Cheboi in Kuresoi Constituency before it was subdivided into North and South. His success was to a large extent, attributed to the development record and issues management as an opinion leader in the area during his reign as a career administrator. Serving as the area MP from 2007 to 2013, Cheruiyot utilized the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) allocations to further his development-oriented record occasioning his re-election in 2013. He built several schools and hospitals in the constituency. His “Amani na Kazi” slogan bore fruits that saw improvement in his constituents' education and economic welfare, spurring infrastructural development and fostering peaceful coexistence. Hon. Cheruiyot remains one of the greatest political pillars, having championed the formation of the United Republican Party (URP) which has since been dissolved and merged to form the Jubilee Party. He decamped to Chama Cha Mashinani together with former Bomet