Bomet Governor Joyce Laboso dies of cancer

Bomet Governor Joyce Laboso has died of cancer. She succumbed at the Nairobi Hospital aged 58.

Governor Laboso was under medication two weeks after arriving from India and London where she had been hospitalised.

Bomet Deputy Governor Hillary Barchok had earlier urged residents to stay calm and pray for her recovery.

Joyce's death is yet another tragedy for the Laboso's. On June 10, 2008, her sister Lorna Laboso, who was an assistant minister, and Cabinet Minister Kipkalya Kones died in a plane crash. May her soul rest in peace.