Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen is one of those politicians who is loved and hated in equal measure.

The Senator, who is also the Senate Majority leader, was first elected in 2013 on a URP ticket, a coalition partner in the ruling Jubilee Party. Since then, he has been one of the most vocal defenders of the Jubilee administration.

Murkomen is also a member of the Pan African Parliament and boasts of an outstanding CV since he was in high school(dining hall captain).

He later joined the University of Nairobi, where he was the first second-year student to be elected chairman of the prestigious Kenya Law Society. This was at a time when the student union had been banned, and he was very instrumental in reforming it.

He also served as the chairman of the East Africa Law students society.

Murkomen was later elected the chairman of Fellowship of Christian Unions’ National Students Executive Council that led over 25 Christian unions in universities and colleges.

On matters religion, the outspoken senator yesterday shared with his Twitter followers an old picture from his preaching days.

He captioned it: #TBT Preaching the Good News”, as Twitter users marveled at his little-known preaching history.