Bomet Governor Dr Hillary Barchok on Tuesday nominated County Assembly Speaker Dr Shadrack Rotich as his deputy.
Dr Rotich will now have to be vetted by the team he has been leading for the last two years for him to formally assume the post of Deputy Governor.
Barchok assumed the roles of the governor in August this year after the demise of the county's second Governor Dr Joyce Laboso.
The soft-spoken county boss was the Dean of Students are Chuka University before being picked from lecture halls to deputise Laboso.
Dr Laboso was Sotik MP for two terms before beating veteran politician Isaac Ruto in the gubernatorial polls in 2017.
Should Rotich's appointment be approved, the assembly's deputy speaker will assume the roles until the new speaker is ushered in.
Senators Amended County Goverment Act of 2012 that allows governors to pick deputies in case of a vacancy in the DG post when the holder ceases to be serving.Bomet Governor Hillary Barchok nominates county Speaker as deputy