Former IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati is dead

Former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebukati has passed away.

His death was confirmed by the family on Friday.

The family said Chebukati died on Thursday, at around 11pm. He was aged 64.

Earlier this week, media said that Chebukati was critically ill and had been admitted at a hospital in Nairobi.

The Former IEBC boss had been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital.

Wafula Chebukati served as IEBC chairman for a full term of six years, retiring in January 2023.

During his tenure, he managed to oversee three Kenyan elections: the 2017 Kenyan general election, the October 2017 Kenyan repeat presidential election and the 2022 Kenyan general election.

He was professionally a lawyer and he ran his sole proprietorship law firm for 20 years.

In 2006, Chebukati founded a Nairobi-based partnership law firm Cootow & Associate Advocates, which he resigned from on January 17, 2017, prior to becoming IEBC chairperson.

He practiced corporate law, commercial law, corporate governance and dispute resolution.

Chebukati was married to Mary Chebukati, and had children, though he kept his family life private.

He was an avid golfer, serving as captain and chairman of the Nyali and Mombasa Golf Clubs and a member of the Kenya Golfing Society.