Hon. Joy Kabatsi was the former State Minister of Transport in the Cabinet of Uganda. She belongs to National Resistance Movement political party. Prior to this, from 2016 until 2019, Hon. Kabatsi served as the State Minister for Animal Industry in the Ugandan Cabinet. On account of her ministerial position, she was an ex-officio member of the 10th Parliament 2016 to 2021. She began her career in 1982, as a Staff Training Officer at the National Institute of Public Administration, in Lusaka, Zambia, serving in that capacity until 1987. From 1987 until 1988, she worked as the Administrator at World University Service International, also in Lusaka, Zambia. She returned to her native Uganda in 1988 and worked at the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Uganda), on secondment from the World Bank.

In 1997 she transferred to the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), and worked there until 2001, as their Principal Revenue Officer (Legal). From 2002 until 2004, she served as the Executive Assistant to the Commissioner General at URA. From there, she moved to the Office of the President, serving as the Head of the Legal Department, from 2009 until 2012. Immediately prior to her appointment, Kabatsi was a commercial dairy farmer. She has been the Managing Director of Entuutsi Rural Enterprise Limited', since 2005.