Position: Lecturer Department: Population, Reproductive Health & Community Resource Management Contact Address: 43844-00100, Nairobi-Kenya Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. View full CV

Areas of interest: Leadership for Community Development, Community Resource Management, Social Protection, Poverty & Social Development, Social Impact Assessment, Humanitarian Support, Maternal health, Child Protection, Girl-child education

Board Membership: Advisory Board Member of Evidence Frontiers

Education

• Doctorate of Philosophy in Community Resource Management from Kenyatta University (2014-2018)
• Master of Arts in Development Studies from International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University in The Netherlands (Sept. 2009- Dec. 2010)
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Leadership for Community Development from Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI) in Arusha, Tanzania (Apr.2005-Apr. 2006)
• Bachelor of Science in Home science & Technology from Maseno University (Oct. 1998- Oct.2002)

Short Courses

• Scientific Writing for International Journals training. Attended from 6^th -9^th May 2019
• Water Sources Protection, Planning and Implementation. Attended in June 2019 at Water Resources Institute in Entebbe, Uganda
• Implementing Alternative Care in East Africa: Policy, Trends and Best Practices for Children Deprived of Parental Care. Attended in Kampala Uganda in August 2016
• Use of Smartboard in Teaching
• Youth-friendly Services Training

Recent Publication

Relationship between Socio-demographic Characteristics of Motorcycle Taxi Riders and their Socio-economic Wellbeing: Case of Homa Bay County, Kenya

Maternal Mortality: Can Kenya successfully reduce maternal mortality rate by 75% by 2015?

(The Hague, Institute of Social Studies, 2009)

Research Conducted

• Relationship between Socio-demographic Characteristics of Motorcycle Taxi Riders and their Socio-economic Wellbeing: Case of Homa Bay County, Kenya
• Socially excluded? Kenyan Elderly and Participation
• Maternal Mortality: Can Kenya successfully reduce maternal mortality rate by 75% by 2015?
• Socio-political factors that aggravate poverty in Nyajure village of Bondo Constituency, Kenya
• Importance of exclusive breastfeeding for babies for the first six months of life.

Conference Attendance/Presentations

1. Community Participation Towards Water Catchment for Sustainable Livelihoods-Presented at a conference in Entebbe, Uganda in June 2019
2. Barriers to providing girls with equitable, quality education in Migori County, Kenya-Presented at a conference in July 2012 in Kampala, Uganda.
3. Challenges faced by children living in Internally Displaced Persons’ Camps in Nyanza Province during 2007/2008 Post-election Violence-Presented at UNICEF office, Kisumu in June 2008

Administrative Positions held at the School of Public Health and Applied Human Sciences and Department of Population, Reproductive Health & Community Resource Management at Kenyatta University

• Departmental Post-Graduate Studies Coordinator
• Departmental Community Outreach and Extension Programs Coordinator
• Departmental Welfare Coordinator
• Departmental e-learning Coordinator

Membership to Organizations

Life member of Kenya Red Cross Society