Mary Chebukati Wanyonyi, wife to Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairperson Wafula Chebukati is an accountant with decades of experience working in the public sector. She is currently the Senior Deputy Accountant General in the Ministry of Lands and Physical planning. Despite her decorated resume, Mary Chebukati has managed to stay away from the limelight, regardless of her husband’s national profile and stewardship of the historic August 9, 2022, General Elections. On October 7, 2022, she was shortlisted among the 477 Kenyans eyeing the positions of Principal Secretaries in President William Ruto’s government.