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Remembering Joyce Laboso: ‘Voice of reason in our family’

The late Dr Joyce Laboso with her family. Laboso, the first female Bomet governor died nearly a year ago in 2019. [File, Standard]

A month from now, July 29, will mark one year since the untimely death of Bomet county’s first female governor, the late Joyce Laboso, who succumbed to cancer.

Hours after doctors switched off Laboso’s life support machines, her husband, Edwin Abonyo, who spent years working behind the scenes, warmed his way into the hearts of Kenyans with his heartfelt speeches and wonderful memories of his beloved.

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