Joyce Laboso

Who is Joyce Laboso?

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 who received 13,843 votes.

She is the ACP Co-president of the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

She is a former Lecturer in the Department of Language and Linguistics at Egerton University and served as a Commissioner of the National Commission on Gender and Development.