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Joyce Laboso

Dr. Joyce Laboso
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya
Assumed office
28 March 2013
Preceded by Farah Maalim
Constituency Sotik
Member of Parliament for Sotik Constituency
Assumed office
7 October 2008
Preceded by Lorna Laboso
Personal details
Nationality Kenyan
Residence Bomet County
Profession Jubilee Party Bomet County Gubernatorial seat
Religion Christian
Website joycelaboso.com

Dr. Joyce Cherono Laboso is the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya.

She 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.

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.



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