Yvonne Kones: The woman taking on Bomet’s men in senatorial race Gender Just now

“Dr Joyce Laboso served as the first woman Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly before going on to become the first woman Governor of Bomet County, the only one so far in the Rift Valley.”“The late Lornah Laboso was the first woman MP for Sotik and the first for the community, succeeded by her sister, the late Joyce Laboso, who served three parliamentary terms; while my mother, Beatrice Kones, was Bomet East MP for two terms.

Her decision to run for the Bomet seat has stirred political buzz, not just because she is the only woman in the race so far but also because she is the wife of a sitting Member of Parliament from a neighbouring county.