Wafula Wanyonyi Chebukati is a Kenyan lawyer and a former chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), which is responsible for overseeing elections in Kenya. He was appointed to the position on a six-year tenure in January 2017 by the retired President of Kenya

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. Following his appointment in 2017, He succeeded Ahmed Issack Hassan. He retired on 17th January 2023 following the end of his term.

Career

Chebukati is a Kenyan lawyer with an interest in corporate governance. In 2006 he founded a Nairobi-based law fir
Cootow & Associates Advocates
In 2017, he was accused of conflicting of interest by fronting his law firm for contracts at the IEBC. He was a politician and member of

Orange Democratic Movement The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) is a centre-left political party in Kenya. It is the successor of a grassroots people's movement which was formed during the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum campaign. This movement separated in Augu ...

. In 2007, contested the Saboti Constituency parliamentary seat and lost to Eugene Wamalwa. In Jan 2017 he joined IEBC as Chair and has so far overseen three elections:

2017 Kenyan general election General elections were held in Kenya on 8 August 2017 to elect the President, members of the National Assembly and Senate. They coincided with the 2017 Kenyan local elections which elected Governors and representatives in the devolved governmen ...

October 2017 Kenyan presidential election Presidential elections were held in Kenya on 26 October 2017 following the Supreme Court of Kenya, Supreme Court's annulment of the results of the presidential vote in the 2017 Kenyan general election, August 2017 general elections.

and the

2022 Kenyan general election General elections are scheduled to be held in Kenya on 9 August 2022. Voters will elect the President, members of the National Assembly and Senate, county governors and members of the 47 county assemblies. Background The Constitution of Kenya ...

. On january 17th, 2023, Chebukati and commissioners Abdi Guliye and Boya Molu retired after their 6-year term at the IEBC came to an end.

Early life and education

He holds a

Bachelor of Law Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...

degree from the

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Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

from the JKUAT. He is a member of

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, Institute of Certified Secretaries, and

ICJ The International Court of Justice (ICJ; french: Cour internationale de justice, links=no; ), sometimes known as the World Court, is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN). It settles disputes between states in accordanc ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chebukati, Wafula 1961 births Living people Alumni of Lenana School University of Nairobi alumni category:Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology alumni Kenya School of Law alumni 21st-century Kenyan politicians