{"id":111499,"date":"2025-03-06T14:03:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T14:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/03\/06\/chebukatis-body-arrives-in-kitale-ahead-of-saturdays-interment\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T14:03:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T14:03:27","slug":"chebukatis-body-arrives-in-kitale-ahead-of-saturdays-interment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/chebukatis-body-arrives-in-kitale-ahead-of-saturdays-interment\/","title":{"rendered":"Chebukati\u2019s body arrives in Kitale ahead of Saturday\u2019s interment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya March 6 <\/strong>\u2013 <strong>Former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairperson\u00a0Chairman Wafula Chebukati\u2019s body has arrived at his Kitale home ahead of his burial on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This follows a memorial service conducted in his honour at CITAM Karen on Wednesday, where family, friends, and national leaders paid glowing tributes to his legacy of integrity and service.<\/p>\n<p>Chebukati passed away at the age of 64 on February 21 at Nairobi Hospital, where he had been admitted in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Family spokesperson Eric Nyongesa disclosed that Chebukati was diagnosed with brain cancer in April 2023, just a few months after leaving office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe fought bravely with the same resilience he showed throughout his life. He never let his illness define him,\u201d Nyongesa said.<\/p>\n<p>His diagnosis had remained private until the family chose to share it, offering a glimpse into the silent struggle he endured in his final months.<\/p>\n<p>Chebukati served as the chairman of the electoral commission for a full six-year term, retiring in January 2023 after overseeing the 2022 General Election.<\/p>\n<p>His tenure was marked by high-stakes electoral processes, reforms, and controversy, particularly during the disputed 2017 and 2022 elections.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya March 6 \u2013 Former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairperson\u00a0Chairman Wafula Chebukati\u2019s body has arrived at his Kitale home ahead of his burial on Saturday. This follows a memorial service conducted in his honour at CITAM Karen on Wednesday, where family, friends, and national leaders paid glowing tributes to his legacy of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}