Are wedding bells ringing for Bomet Woman Rep Linet Toto?

A series of photographs doing rounds on social media have left Kenyans in a frenzy after they appeared to intimate that Bomet County Woman Representative Linet ‘Toto’ Chepkorir may no longer be on the market.

In the photographs, seen by Citizen Digital, a man since identified as Bomet businessman Godfrey Kimutai can be seen going down on one knee, engagement ring in hand, seemingly proposing to Toto.

Kimutai asks the big question in a room that is aptly decorated with red heart-shaped balloons, white and red rose petals and illuminated with candles as close friends and family look on.

The message "Will you marry me?" is also captured in the background of one of the photographs.

A subsequent photograph shows the couple posing in a warm embrace, as Toto holds a bouquet of flowers, after the Woman Rep evidently agreed to tie the knot with her now fiancé Kimutai.  

The news of the proposal, which has yet to be officially announced by the couple on any of their social media platforms, came as a surprise to Kenyans on Twitter since the soft spoken politician has rarely ever been seen in public with her lover.

Toto rose to fame after the August 2022 polls when she clinched Bomet's Woman Rep seat after garnering 242, 775 votes to floor other nine seasoned politicians who were in the race, including then Nominated Senator Dr. Alice Milgo who came a distant second with 43,180 votes.

While her competitors traversed the five sub-counties of Bomet with fuel-guzzling vehicles, Toto walked to campaign venues, markets, funerals, and churches by using a motorcycle. She would later use vehicles donated and fuelled by well-wishers.

During her acceptance speech, Toto promised to work with her competitors and all residents of Bomet irrespective of their political affiliation.

Toto has recently come under fire from a section of politicians allied to Raila Odinga's Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition party for castigating the former Prime Minister over his anti-President William Ruto rallies.