Emmanuel Chebukati, the son of the late Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati, narrated how his father helped him establish a company in Rwanda.
In a tribute to his father that he read during the burial ceremony at Sabata farm in Kiminini, Trans Nzoia County, on Saturday, March 8, 2025, Emmanuel recounted how Chebukati boosted him with Ksh620,000 that helped him secure a premium office space when he started his business in Rwanda.
He further stated that the money was given to him as an interest-free loan for a year.
“When I started my business in Rwanda, we needed funds to secure premium office space. Without hesitation, he loaned me Ksh620,000—interest-free, for 12 months,” Emmanuel said in his tribute.
After settling in Rwanda, Emmanuel says he repaid the loan a month early, making his father proud.
Money flagged
However, the bank flagged the money transfer to his father’s account as suspicious, citing his status as the son of a politician as the sole reason, which infuriated Chebukati.
He goes ahead to narrate that the same bank later refused to open an account for one of his other business ventures, citing similar reasons, prompting his father to close his own accounts with the bank in protest and urging his wife to do the same.
Emmanuel lauded his father, Chebukati, as principled, protective, and unwilling to let his family be mistreated.
“When we repaid him one month early, he was proud. But when he learned that the bank had flagged the transaction as suspicious because I was ‘the son of a politician’, he was furious. The same bank later refused to open an account for one of my other business ventures, citing similar reasons. His response? Closing his own accounts with the bank in protest and urging my mother to do the same. This was my father—principled, protective, and unwilling to let his family be mistreated. You couldn’t mess with him,” Emmanuel said.
Emmanuel Chebukati’s company
Emmanuel is a very respected player in the engineering industry across the region, having amassed more than seven years of experience in systems auditing, application security, and secure cloud deployment.
In 2017, he co-founded the regional data analytics company, Hepta Analytics, headquartered in Rwanda with an office in Nairobi. The company specialises in data science and analytics practices aimed at transforming raw data into information and insights that empower businesses to make informed decisions.
Among its services is big data analysis which involves analysing data on its customers’ infrastructure as well as software development.
Other services include infrastructure and cloud design, research and consultancy, and geospatial technologies, as well as training.
Some of the company’s products include HeptaPay, a bill payment application serving the East African region, especially Rwanda, and HR Analytics, a training platform targeted at HR professionals to assist them in visualizing metrics about their staff and predicting trends.
