Kokorwe served as Botswana's ambassador to Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2014, and then re-entered politics after the 2014 election, when she was the successful BDP candidate for speaker.
After leaving school, Kokorwe joined the public service, where she initially worked as a typist and minor clerical worker.
[4] She eventually came to hold various high-level administrative positions in local government, serving for periods as the commercial officer for Lobatse, the town clerk of Sowa and Gaborone, and assistant council secretary for the Kgatleng District.
[5] In March 2004, she had reportedly been censured by BDP officials for publicly suggesting that Louis Nchindo (the managing director of the Debswana Diamond Company) should enter politics.
[7][8] In April 2008, Kokorwe was appointed Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture[9] in the new cabinet formed by Ian Khama, who had succeeded Festus Mogae as president.