Moses Ledama Sunkuli has been named as the acting Chief Executive Officer of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), replacing Hussein Marjan.
In the appointment letter dated Thursday, January 5, IEBC Chair Erastus Ethekon is an elections director with extensive experience and one who has internal institutional knowledge for the new role.
A look into Sunkuli's revealed that before his appointment, he served as IEBC's Director of Electoral Operations.
Sunkuli has worked with the Commission for years. According to his LinkedIn profile, he started working with the IEBC as a constituency elections manager in 2009.
"My responsibilities include but are not limited to: voter education, voter registration, and general elections management," the profile reads.
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Following his appointment, IEBC updated his information on their portal, explaining his experience and academic background.
Sunkuli is described as an election expert with more than 12 years of experience. He worked with the IEBC Regional Elections Coordinator between 2010 and 2017, before he rose in the ranks to become a County Elections Manager (CEM) for Kericho and Marsabit counties.
Academic Background
Sunkuli is an alumnus of Kilgoris High School. Although he is currently in election management, he is a trained teacher by profession.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Education Degree (BEd), Secondary Education and teaching from Moi University.
The acting CEO delved into management and bagged a Diploma in Business Management from the Kenya Institute of Management in 2003.
Sunkuli then acquired a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm) from the University of Nairobi. He advanced to a Master's of Business Administration, Strategic Management, from the same institution in 2016.
The Commission's Secretary also has a Masters in Business Management (Management of Democratic Elections in Africa) from the University of South Africa.
According to the IEBC portal, he is registered and certifiedunder the Associate of Chartered Insurance of London (ACII) and Kenya (AIIK) and theAssociate of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Kenya Chapter).
Media Presence
Sunkuli rarely appeared in the media. However, he made submissions to the Supreme Court in the form of an affidavit during the presidential petition of 2022.
He made headlines again in December 2023, when he was awarded the Order of the Grand Warrior in 2023 by President William Ruto.
