Marjan Hussein Marjan (born in 1979) was the Chief Executive Officer at Kenya's Electoral Agency IEBC from 2022 upto his resignation on 3 February 2026. He was confirmed to the post in 8 March 2022 after being pickedCitizen Digital, 9 Mar 2022 IEBC Appoint Marjan Hussein Marjan As CEO from a short listNation, 28 Feb 2022 Marjan among five shortlisted for IEBC CEO job of five candidates, and sworn in after a week.KBC, 16 Mar 2022 Marjan Hussein Marjan sworn in as IEBC CEOThe-Star, 16 Mar 2022 Marjan Hussein sworn in as IEBC CEO Until then, he held the CEO's post in an acting capacity for five years since the exit of Ezra Chiloba in 2017.
Personal life He obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Strategic Management from the University of Nairobi. And several professional certifications like Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (CPA-K), Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Control Self-Assessment specialist (CCSA), and Certified Quality Assessor (CQA).
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 ServicesThe-Star, 20 Mar 2015 Chiloba makes maiden appointments as IEBC bossCitizen Digital, 20 Mar 2015 IEBC Appoints Commission SecretaryCapital FM, 20 Mar 2015 IEBC Appoints Deputy CEO, 2 Other Directors 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.Bloomberg, 9 Mar 2022 Kenya’s Elections Agency Appoints Chief After Four-Year Wait Part of his intray after that appointment was overseeing the 2022 Kenyan general election.The Informer, 12 Aug 2022 'Our systems have not been hacked' IEBC CEO Marjan Hussein Marjan saysStandard, 15 Jul 2022 Wafula Chebukati and Hussein Marjan put to task over IEBC's preparednessK24, 15 Aug 2022 2 IEBC commissioners, CEO injured in Bomas chaos, Chebukati says
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External links IEBC Secretariat at IEBC