Joyce Laboso
| Joyce Laboso | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Bomet County, Kenya | |
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Assumed office 22 August 2017 | |
| President | Uhuru Kenyatta |
| Preceded by | Isaac Ruto |
| Constituency | Sotik |
| Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya | |
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In office 7 October 2008 – 22 August 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Farah Maalim |
| Succeeded by | Moses Cheboi[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Residence | Bomet County |
| Profession | Jubilee Party Bomet County Gubernatorial seat |
| Website | joycelaboso.com |
Dr. Joyce Cherono Laboso is the second Governor of Bomet County. She is the former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya. She defeated Isaac Ruto in the August 8, 2017 General Elections, and took office on August 22, 2017. She is married with three sons, but dropped her husband's last name.[2] Joyce Laboso was elected to the Parliament of Kenya to represent the Sotik Constituency in a by-election held on September 25, 2008. She succeeded her sister, Lorna Laboso, who died in a plane crash. A nominee of the Orange Democratic Movement, she beat 11 other contestants after she garnered 23,880 with a vote margin of 10,000 over her closest challenger, retired Brigadier Alexander Sitienei (a former aide to Daniel arap Moi) who received 13,843 votes.
She is the ACP Co-president of the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.[3]
She worked as a Lecturer in the Department of Language and Linguistics at Egerton University and served as a Commissioner of the National Commission on Gender and Development.[4]
Laboso one of three first female governors in Kenya, along with Charity Ngilu and Anne Waiguru.[2]
References
- ↑ http://www.kbc.co.ke/elections/muturi-re-elected-national-assembly-speaker/
- 1 2 https://www.tuko.co.ke/250485-meet-bomet-governor-joyce-labosos-rarely-husband-handsome-sons-photos.html
- ↑ "ACP-EU". www.europarl.europa.eu.
- ↑ Makiche, Edwin (April 23, 2013). "The rise and rise of Joyce Laboso". standardmedia.co.ke