Erastus Edung Ethekon: Who is the new IEBC chairperson nominee?

The 48-year-old will now undergo vetting by Parliament and, if approved, will have the daunting task of chairing the next elections. 

Prior to the nomination, Edung has been practising as a consultant partner at the Northern Consulting Solution and Ethekon & Co. Advocates for over two decades. 

His career journey began as a programs management specialist at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) between 2007 to 2015 before switching roles to become a programs advisor at the UN agency. 

For three years, Erastus worked as a program coordinator and Chief Technical Advisor on Area-Based Development Programming in Kenya. 

In 2018, he was appointed as County Attorney at the County Government of Turkana, a position he held for six years. 

In terms of academic qualifications, Erastus attained a law degree from the University of Nairobi, a Postgraduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Government and a Post Graduate Certificate in Implementation of International Human Rights Treaties from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. 

He has also attained three Master's degrees from distinguished Universities based in the United Kingdom and Spain. 

These include Master of Arts (M.A) Degree in Peace, Conflict & Development Studies from Universidad Jaume I in Valencia, Spain (2012), Master of Science (MSc.) Degree in Project Management from the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom (2013) and Master of Laws (LL.M) Degree in Oil, Gas & Energy Law from the University of Derby in the United Kingdom (2016).