His daughter, Rachel Chebukati, has now spoken out about the terrifying events that nearly cost her father his life.
Rachel revealed that intelligence reports had warned her father about a plan to assassinate him before he could announce the election results.
“That was the first time I ever saw my father cry,” she said, describing the fear and pressure he endured during that period.
Despite the threats, Chebukati chose to fulfill his duty. He went ahead and announced the presidential results, an act that put his life in even greater danger.
When he returned home, his family was shocked to find him bleeding from his leg. “He didn’t even realize he was injured.
He had taken off his shoes, and that’s when we saw he was bleeding,” Rachel recounted.
Due to the threats surrounding him, religious leaders, led by Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit, took action.
Over 40 clerics gathered at Chebukati’s home to offer prayers and support before he declared the results.
“They stood with us at a time when we felt completely alone,” Rachel said.
The threats against Chebukati were not just rumors.
In January 2023, President William Ruto publicly claimed that there had been a plan to kidnap and kill Chebukati to stop him from completing his work.
“There was an elaborate scheme to eliminate him so that the IEBC would be paralyzed,” Ruto said.
According to him, powerful politicians had plotted this to influence the election outcome.
Chebukati’s ordeal has raised serious concerns about the safety of electoral officials in Kenya.
If a sitting IEBC chairman could face such extreme threats, what does that mean for democracy in the country?
Rachel Chebukati hopes that sharing these details will open the eyes of Kenyans to the dangers her father faced.
“People need to know the truth,” she said. “What he went through was beyond politics. It was a fight for his life.”
These revelations continue to spark discussions on electoral integrity, security, and the challenges faced by those who oversee Kenya’s democratic process.
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