But more than the mere position he holds, it is the drama that has been there between Mr Chebukati and the former CEO Ezra Chiloba that remains to define his entire time at IEBC.
In June, there were reports that Chebukati had ordered that locks of Mr Chiloba’s office be changed and “travelled abroad” with the office keys to make sure the CEO does not access it.
For his critics, Mr Chebukati runs IEBC like a personal property and wants to have the final say on everything.
Until his appointment to the position of chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in early 2017, Wafula Wanyonyi Chebukati had largely operated behind the scenes in his legal profession.
The exception to this was in 2016 when he was the lawyer for former Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) chairman Philip Kinisu, who was fighting efforts by fellow commissioners and MPs to remove him over claims of conflict of interest.
