Joyce Laboso

Joyce Laboso
Governor of Bomet County
In office
22 August 2017 – 29 July 2019
Preceded byIsaac Ruto
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya
In office
28 March 2013 – 22 August 2017
Preceded byFarah Maalim
Succeeded byMoses Cheboi[1]
Member of Parliament for Sotik
In office
7 October 2008 – 22 August 2017
Preceded byLorna Laboso
Succeeded byDominic Koskei
Personal details
Born
Joyce Cherono Laboso

(1960-11-25)25 November 1960
Kericho District, Kenya Colony
Died29 July 2019(2019-07-29) (aged 58)
Nairobi, Kenya
Political partyJubilee
Spouse
Edwin Abonyo
(m. 1983)
Children2
Websitejoycelaboso.com

Joyce Cherono Abonyo (née Laboso; 25 November 1960 – 29 July 2019)[2] was a Kenyan politician who served as the second governor of Bomet County from 2017 until her death on 29 July 2019. She was a Member of Parliament representing Sotik constituency, before she was elected to the gubernatorial seat.

She was married to Dr. Edwin Abonyo, and had two sons. In 2008, she had to drop her husband's name and revert to Laboso because her marital status to a man from another community provided ammunition for her detractors to degrade her in her political journey.[3]

  1. ^ "Muturi re-elected National Assembly Speaker". 31 August 2017.
  2. ^ Maritim, Evans (29 July 2019). "Joyce Laboso: An extraordinary woman of many firsts". K24. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  3. ^ Mabel, Winnie (29 July 2019). "Meet Bomet Governor Joyce Laboso's rarely seen husband and handsome sons". Tuko.co.ke - Kenya news.