Mary Chebukati: wife to IEBC BOSS, Marriage, education, bio

 

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.

Mary holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce and a

Masters in Business Administration. She is also a Certified

Public Accountant (CPA-K) and a certified mediator.

“She is also a member of the Institute of Certified Public

Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) and Institute of Certified

Investment and Financial Analysts (ICIFA),” the Ministry of

Lands states on its website.

Over the course of her career, she has served as an

accountant across various government offices. Mary

Chebukati joined the lands docket in 2019 and is head of

the accounting unit in the Ministry headed by outgoing

Cabinet Secretary Faridah Karoney.

Before moving to the Ministry of Lands, she was the

Director General in-charge of Accounting and Quality

Assurance at the Ministry of Treasury. She was attached

to the office of the Principal Secretary.

Mary Chebukati also served on various capacities across

the country in the defunct districts. She also served at the

Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (PSASB)

secretariat in the accountant general department.

Mrs Chebukati has also served in the boards of several

public institutions including the Kenyatta National Hospital

(KNH), Maasai Mara University and the Co-operative

University of Kenya.

Some of her listed hobbies include golf; she reportedly

attends various tournaments of the sport held across the

country.

Mary and Wafula have three children; Rachel, Jonathan

and Emmanuel Chebukati.