The family of former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairperson Wafula Chebukati has urged Kenyans not to tarnish his legacy. In a media interview, his brother expressed ...

Wafula Wanyonyi Chebukati, the man who oversaw the annulled 2017 presidential election in Kenya and the highly divisive 2022 polls that split the electoral commission down the middle, is dead.

Chebukati, whose leadership during Kenya’s controversial 2022 presidential election cemented his legacy, kept a low profile since announcing President William Ruto’s narrow victory.

IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] There is never a good time to be the chairperson of the electoral commission, especially in Kenya where the stakes of the elections are ...