Kafui Bekui worked as a fish scientist with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture in Ghana before going into politics.

[1] He was based at the Volta Regional Agricultural Development Programme (VORADEP) at Ho.

[2] He was nominated for the position of District Chief Executive by President John Atta Mills[3] after Mills' initial nominee, Perpetual Grace Annan, was rejected by the South Dayi District Assembly.

[4] Bekui was given his Instrument of Appointment formally at Ho in July 2009 by the regional minister, Joseph Amenowode.

[5] He was replaced as District Chief Executive by Ernest Kojo Mallett in November 2017.