Gladys Jepkosgei-Boss Shollei

Gladys Jepkosgei Boss is a Kenyan politician who is currently the Deputy Speaker of the Kenya National Assembly and woman representative for Uasin Gishu County She is a member of the United Democratic Alliance.

Early life Gladys obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Nairobi, a Diploma in Law from Kenya School of Law, a master's degree from the University of Cape Town, and an MBA from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. She challenged her dismissal in court, arguing she was not given an opportunity to defend herself and although the Industrial Court originally upheld the case in her favour, the Court of Appeal ruled in 2014 that her dismissal was lawful. In 2017 she was acquitted of criminal charges of corruption and abuse of office.

Political career She was elected to the National Assembly as woman representative for Uasin Gishu in the 2017 general election, representing the Jubilee Party. She is chairperson of the Committee on Delegated Legislation.

She sponsored the Kenya Reparations Bill 2019 that seeks to provide compensation for victims of historic human rights abuses.

In the August 2022 elections, she was re-elected as Uasin Gishu woman representative under a UDA ticket after garnering 292,154 votes against Independent candidate Kemei Dorcas Chebet, who received 54,742 votes.

Election results

Personal life Gladys Jepkosgei Boss is married to Dr Neil Richard Horn in 2023 Gladys was married to Sam Shollei before they divorced in 2021. She is mother to five children.