The family of the late Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati has released his funeral program.
The program of events was shared via Chebukati’s official X account on Saturday, March 1, 2025. The family has been using the account to make any announcements about Chebukati‘s burial plans and arrangements.
According to the program, the family will hold a funeral service in Nairobi on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at CITAM Karen, from 11:00 am.
On Friday, March 7, 2025, the family will hold service and tributes at Chebukati’s rural home in Kitale, Trans Nzoia County, at 9:00 am.
Burial service
A burial service will then be held on Saturday, March 8, 2025, at Chebukati’s Kitale home, starting from 9:00 am.
The family has thanked the friends and well-wishers for standing with them during the trying moment.
“We are grateful for the friends and well-wishers who continue to condole with the family and extend their support through contributions,” a statement on the funeral program read.
Chebukati will be buried on March 8 at his Kitale farm.
The announcement was made by his family on Monday, February 24, 2025, while outlining plans for his funeral.
— Wafula Chebukati EGH (@WChebukati) March 1, 2025
Chebukati’s death
Chebukati passed on on Friday, February 21, 2025, at a Nairobi hospital, as confirmed by family.
Speaking during a press conference, family spokesman Eric Nyongesa stated that he suffered a cardiac arrest on Thursday night.
“In April 2024, it was discovered that the tumor had recurred, and because of that, he went to Germany for a second operation. He was there until August 2024. In December 2024, it was discovered that the tumor had recurred again, and he was in the hospital until early January,” Nyongesa said while addressing the media on February 24, 2025.
He added that Chebukati had gone to the hospital for his routine checkup on February 12.
He explained that doctors then put him in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), where he died while receiving treatment.
“He went to the hospital on February 12, 2024, and the doctors were of the view that he needed to be admitted. He had some problems with his chest,” said Nyongesa.
He revealed that Chebukati was diagnosed with brain cancer in April 2023.
He said because of the stage of the cancer, the doctors recommended that he go for immediate surgery, and he was taken to Germany.
Nyongesa added that the tumor was removed, and he was in Germany until July 2023.
Chebukati would again go back to the hospital in December 2024, after a check-up showed that the tumor had recurred.
