Ms Joyce Laboso addresses Mombasa County women at the Khadija Primary School grounds during a past Sauti ya Wanawake (Voice of women) forum to fight for the two thirds gender rule representation. Photo/GIDEON MAUNDU
Kenya’s first female Deputy Speaker, Dr Joyce Cherono Laboso, was the only candidate among those who vied for the top two seats in the two chambers to garner more than two thirds majority votes.
Her landslide victory, with 254 votes against her competitor’s 90 in the first round of voting, was a clear indication that she had received support from across the political divide in the 349-member National Assembly.
