Marjan Hussein Marjan

Marjan Hussein Marjan is the Chief Executive Officer at Kenya's Electoral Agency IEBC. He was confirmed to the post in 8 March 2022 after being picked[1] from a short list[2] of five candidates, and sworn in after a week.[3][4] Until then, he held the CEO's post in an acting capacity for five years since the exit of Ezra Chiloba in 2017.

Marjan Hussein Marjan
NationalityKenyan
CitizenshipKenya
Alma materUniversity of Nairobi
Bachelor of Commerce, MBA (Strategic Management)
ICPAK
CPA (K)
OccupationChief Executive
Known forLeadership, Finance, Audit, Accounts
TitleChief Executive Officer, IEBC

Career

Marjan worked at Telkom Kenya for over 20 years as the Head of Internal Audit, Investigation, and Quality. Thereafter, he joined the IEBC in March 2015 after being appointed as Deputy CEO in Charge of Support Services[5][6][7] in place of Wilson Sholei. He was then appointed as the Lead Coordinator at the same entity before stepping up to be the acting CEO back on 5 Sep 2017. What followed next was his full elevation as CEO on 8 March 2022.[8] Part of his intray after that appointment was overseeing the 2022 Kenyan general election.[9][10][11]

References
  1. Citizen Digital, 9 Mar 2022 IEBC Appoint Marjan Hussein Marjan As CEO
  2. Nation, 28 Feb 2022 Marjan among five shortlisted for IEBC CEO job
  3. KBC, 16 Mar 2022 Marjan Hussein Marjan sworn in as IEBC CEO
  4. The-Star, 16 Mar 2022 Marjan Hussein sworn in as IEBC CEO
  5. The-Star, 20 Mar 2015 Chiloba makes maiden appointments as IEBC boss
  6. Citizen Digital, 20 Mar 2015 IEBC Appoints Commission Secretary
  7. Capital FM, 20 Mar 2015 IEBC Appoints Deputy CEO, 2 Other Directors
  8. Bloomberg, 9 Mar 2022 Kenya’s Elections Agency Appoints Chief After Four-Year Wait
  9. The Informer, 12 Aug 2022 'Our systems have not been hacked' IEBC CEO Marjan Hussein Marjan says
  10. Standard, 15 Jul 2022 Wafula Chebukati and Hussein Marjan put to task over IEBC's preparedness
  11. K24, 15 Aug 2022 2 IEBC commissioners, CEO injured in Bomas chaos, Chebukati says
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