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Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton is a Kenyan politician who has represented Laisamis Constituency in Marsabit County across five Parliaments spanning more than two decades. First elected to the National Assembly in the 2007 general election on an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) ticket, he was re-elected in 2013, lost his seat in 2017, and returned to Parliament in the 2022 general election on a United Democratic Movement (UDM) ticket within the Kenya Kwanza coalition, winning with 6,157 votes after nearly a decade away from the House. In the 13th Parliament (2022-2027) he serves as Vice-Chair of the Committee on Parliamentary Powers and Privileges and also sits on the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Liaison Committee, drawing on one of the longest legislative careers among his peers to shape House business.