Dr. Gladys Jepkosgei Boss Shollei (born 27 May 1975) is a Kenyan lawyer, legislator and judicial administrator who currently serves as Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Woman Representative for Uasin Gishu County, now in her second term. First elected to Parliament in 2017 on a Jubilee ticket and re-elected in 2022 under the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), she quickly rose into House leadership, winning the Deputy Speakership on 8 September 2022 and becoming one of President William Ruto’s most visible allies in the legislature. In the 12th Parliament she chaired the Committee on Delegated Legislation and sat on Justice & Legal Affairs, Liaison and Procedure & House Rules Committees, carving out a niche in technical scrutiny of subsidiary legislation and parliamentary procedure; as Deputy Speaker she now presides over sittings, manages House business in the Speaker’s absence and plays a central role in steering contentious debates, including around the Finance Bills and judicial reforms. A seasoned legal practitioner and administrator, Shollei holds an LL.B from the University of Nairobi, a Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law, an LL.M from the University of Cape Town and an MBA from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, and is also a Certified Public Secretary. She lectured in law at the University of Nairobi and served as Kenya’s Deputy Chief Elections Officer at the Electoral Commission of Kenya before being appointed the inaugural Chief Registrar of the Judiciary in 2011, where she oversaw major administrative and financial reforms during the early years of the 2010 Constitution. Her 2013 dismissal by the Judicial Service Commission over alleged financial mismanagement triggered a long legal battle: initial court decisions upheld the termination, but in February 2022 the Supreme Court ruled that her removal was unlawful and awarded her compensation, a landmark judgment on fair administrative process in disciplinary cases. This combination of courtroom experience, high-stakes institutional reform and political leadership underpins her current profile as one of the most influential—if sometimes polarising—figures at the intersection of Kenya’s legal and political spheres.