Wafula Chebukati

2023 - 1 - 17

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Ruto reveals details of plot to murder Chebukati over presidential ... (Pulse Live Kenya)

President William Ruto has made accusations that members of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) were offered bribes and threatened ...

Again, we know that they stood strong and firmly said “NO!” the head of state said. Of course, nobody came," Chebukati said. "They call us three musketeers. He said he was relieved to see that the country had moved on peacefully and nobody was looking for him. "We know that there was a direct attempt to abduct Wafula Chebukati and murder him so that he commission would be paralysed, or a compliant commissioner take over and subvert the people’s sovereignty," he said. In addition, Ruto claimed that there was an attempt to abduct Chebukati and murder him in order to cripple the commission.

Wafula Chebukati: I leave IEBC with my head held high (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation)

After six years at the helm of the country's electoral agency, Chairperson Wafula Wanyonyi Chebukati has exited the commission.

Having superintended the presidential elections in 2017 and 2022, he believes he has every reason to be happy with his performance, especially last year when the stakes were so high given that the incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta was leaving office thus presenting the country a challenge of transition. The apex court, however, upheld the results as announced by Chebukati. The 2022 election outcome was disputed by Azimio la Umoja Presidential Candidate Raila Odinga who petitioned the matter at the Supreme Court.

3 Crucial Documents Chebukati Handed to Ruto While Exiting IEBC (Kenyans.co.ke)

Outgoing IEBC commissioners Moya Bolu, Abdi Guliye and Chair Wafula Chebukati during the launch of the 2022 Post-Election Evaluation Report on Monday, January ...

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'They wanted Chebukati dead': Ruto speaks of plot to force a Raila win (Capital FM Kenya)

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 17 — President William Ruto on Tuesday revealed an apparent plot to kidnap and murder IEBC Chairperson Wafula Chebukati to overthrow the ...

We have witnessed him lead an organisation in learning from its mistakes and do better each succeeding time. He said the minority of the commissioners and the staff of the commission, made personal sacrifices and underwent extremely harrowing conditions including threats of dire consequences to them and their families. Ruto said the plotters had calculated to eliminate Chebukati if he resists bribery and intimidation in what could have incapacitated the commission and potentially rendered the outcome of the election a nullity.

Ruto: 'System' planned Wafula Chebukati's abduction, murder (Nairobi News)

President William Ruto has sensationally claimed the 'system' planned to abduct and murder Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) outgoing ...

People were sent to bribe Chebukati with Sh1 billion so that he could announce Raila Odinga as the president, but he refused. He said: “We also know there was a direct attempt to abduct Wafula Chebukati and murder him so that the commission would be paralyzed and a compliant commissioner takes over and subvert the people’s sovereignty. “We salute with great admiration the steadfastness, integrity, and leadership through example that Wafula Chebukati provided at the IEBC.

Ruto: Plan to abduct Chebukati was meant to scuttle poll outcome (The Standard)

President William Ruto has said that outgoing IEBC boss Wafula Chebukati's Monday revelations – that he survived targeted attacks during the August 9, ...

Again, we know that they stood strong and firmly said ‘no,” Ruto said. “We also know that they were, subsequently, threatened with dire consequences for them and their families if they did not do the ‘system’s bidding and overturn the choice of Kenyans. The Head of State said that Chebukati and two other “uncooperative” commissioners – Yakub Guliye and Boya Molu – were promised lucrative financial rewards, but they rejected the enticement.