J oyce Cherono Laboso Abonyo (25 November 1960-29 July 2019) Was a kenyan politician who served as the Governor of Bomet County from 2017 until her death on 29 July 2019. S he was married to Dr.Edwin Abonyo ,and had three sons . In 2008 ,she had to drop her husband's name and revert back to laboso because her marital status to a man from another community provided ammunition for her detractors to degrade her in her political journey . Joyce Laboso was elected to the Parliament of kenya to represent the Sotik Constituency in a by-election held on 25 Sep 2008. She succeeded her sister Lorna Laboso , Who died in a plane crash. A nominee of the Jubilee Party kenya ,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 was the ACP Co-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. She worked as a lecturer in the...
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