Peris Tobiko

Peris Tobiko (born 1969) is a Kenyan politician. She was the first elected female Maasai member of parliament in 2013. She was re-elected for a second term as MP for Kajiado East Constituency in August 2017. Citing how female children were treated differently in the patriarchal Maasai community, Tobiko later said, "It was as if girls were not considered to be children." She is also one of 200 renowned Kenyan women featured in the 2019 book, Pioneers & Transformers: The Journeys of Top Achieving Women in Kenya.

Personal life Tobiko married a man she met at the university after completing her Masters. They have four children together.