As Bomet pays its last respects to Governor Joyce Laboso, focus shifts to Deputy Governor Hilary Barchok, who is expected to take over the instruments of power any time after her burial.
Dr Barchok has been acting governor since May 9, when Dr Laboso left the country to seek treatment in the United Kingdom, and later in India before returning to the country where she succumbed to cancer at Nairobi Hospital on Monday.