Samuel Kivuitu was head of the now defunct Electoral Commission of Kenya

Electoral Commission of Kenya

Electoral Commission of Kenya refers to the now defunct commission that was disbanded by the 10th Parliament in 2008 and replaced with the Interim Independent Electoral Commission of Kenya. Samuel Kivuitu the last Chairman of the Commission and the commissioners at the time of disbanding, in...

. He was reappointed to his post by the Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki

Mwai Kibaki

Mwai Kibaki is the current and third President of the republic of Kenya.Kibaki was previously Vice President of Kenya for ten years from 1978–1988 and also held cabinet ministerial positions, including a widely acclaimed stint as Minister for Finance , Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for...

 ahead of the 2007 general election, having already been in charge during Kenya's general elections in 1997, 2002 as well as a constitutional referendum in 2005. Samuel Kivuitu was appointed to the post By Daniel Arap Moi replacing Zacchaeus Chesoni

Zacchaeus Chesoni

Zacchaeus Chesoni was Chief Justice of Kenya and chairman of the Electoral Commission.Chesoni hails from the Kabras sub tribe Bamachina clan close to Chimoi area around Webuye.-References:...

, who was the head of the Electoral commission during Kenya's 1992 general election,

Kivuitu was educated in Uganda (1959–61) and Tanzania (1961–65). He was elected MP for Parklands in 1969-74 and 1983-88.

External links

• Electoral Commission of Kenya website
• BBC News story: Kenya election chief reappointed