Lecturer/ Researcher/Consultant
Compassionate, creative and effective lecturer, trainer, researcher and consultant with valuable experience in management and community outreach. Equally effective whether working independently or as a member of a team. Well versed in forestry, climate change, green growth, management and sustainable development issues.
Areas of Expertise
- Appropriate Technology and Sciences for Rural Development
- Natural Resources Management
- Agroforestry
- Climate Change
- Forestry and Climate Change
- Agriculture and Livelihoods
- Green Growth and Circular Economy
- Renewable Energy
- Socio-economics and policy studies
Professional Experience
Egerton University June 2015 to date:
Lecturer/Researcher/ Consultant
With a mandate to carry out teaching research and community outreach.
I have been a class advisor since 2015 for different cohorts of students
Mentor:
Project Learning Tree Canada/World Forestry Congress Jan 2022-June 2022
Teaching
I have successfully taught and examined the following courses leading to graduation of students.
Level
Course Code
Course Title
Undergraduate
FORM 350
Social Forestry and Rural development
FORM 352
Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding
FORM 440
Forest Resource Management
FORM 451
Forest Pathology
FORM 441
Forestry and National Development
NARE 341
Scientific Report Writing in Natural Resources
NARE 373
Students Project Proposals
NARE 374
Students Projects
WIEM 421
Wildlife Management
NARE 213
Principles of Forestry
MSc
NARE 726
Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding
NARE 729
Forest Resource Management
NARE 760
Research Methodology
NARE 764
Natural Resources Management
DLRM 713
Climate Change and Ecology
PhD
NARE 812
Project Proposal Writing
ARIS 9105
Agriculture and Rural Development in Africa
Evaluation: This is done at intervals; end semester, and after a 4 year cycle involving all stakeholders in the sector.
Research: I have successfully delivered on research supported by the African Forest Forum on “The Role of the African Forest Private Sector in Climate Change”. There was a project report, fact sheet, policy brief, and journal article as deliverables. I have also taken part in writing more than 10 proposals for funding, most touching on communities and how to deliver knowledge products to them.
Journal/Publications Reviewer
- Reviewer for East African Journal of Science Technology and Innovation
- Reviewer for Journal of the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO
- Reviewed publications for CIFOR and US Forest Service on Water Towers Vulnerability to Climate Change
- Reviewed a compendium on forestry and climate change adaptation for African forest Forum
- Reviewed papers for Egerton University 14th Annual International Conference
- Reviewed papers for Open Journal of Forestry May 2022
Extension/Outreach Activities:
- I have been involved in many tree planting activities including one at the International Children’s Mission Primary School (a school for poor children) where over 3000 seedlings were planted in 2019.
- Patron Tusomeshe Watoto Kakamega County Welfare Group since 2013
- Patron Egerton Got Talent
- Patron of the UN HULT Prize, Egerton Chapter.
Consultancies and related: Over the last six years, I have done work for the following:
- Kenya National Commission for UNESCO. Consultancy to undertake baseline surveys, map current nature based products and services, and stakeholders’ needs assessment at the Baringo Great Rift Valley aspiring Geopark Dec 2022
- African Forest Forum: Validation of teaching compendiums on forests and climate change mitigation for professional and technical training in African forestry November 2022
- Nile Basin Initiative/ENTRO Development of Recruitment material and recruitment of Senior Social and Environment Officer March/April 2022
- TMG Consultants GmbH / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ Monitoring and Evaluation of Land Lease Guidelines and Sustainable Land Management activities in Kakamega County (Oct 2021-Jan 2022)
- United Nations Environment Programme UNEP / Swedish Environment Institute SEI (Clean Air Action Document), (2020-2022) Co-Authoring a Clean Air Document for Africa
- United Nations Development Programme, (UNDP) (Terminal Evaluation: Low Emission and Climate Resilient Development (LECRD) project) 2019.
- African Forest Forum, (AFF) (Development of climate change training compendium), 2016-2019
- Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) (Review/Evaluation of Water Towers Project), 2018
- The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) (AFOLU Activities within the region) 2016
- United States Forest Service, (USF) (Proposal development (Western WASH) and review of Water towers project), 2020
- Ministry of Environment and Forestry(MoEF) Trade Hub East Africa, (Forestry, Green growth and circular economy) 2019-201
- World Banks Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Agriculture and Agribusiness Management (CESAAM), and MasterCard TAGDEV (Proposal development and student supervision) 2019-Continuing
Maasai Mara University January to May 2015
Lecturer
Serving as a lecturer in Maasai Mara University was a short stint. I was mainly involved in teaching.
Teaching Achievements
I taught, supervised and examined students in the following units
Level
Unit Code
Course Title
Undergraduate
SES 310
Research Methods
Postgraduate
SES 815
Restoration Ecology
SES 816
Wetlands Ecology
SES 817
Ecology of Tropical Forests
Evaluation: This was done on a regular basis within the academic year
I was also involved in the development of the curriculum for an undergraduate degree course in forestry.
Nippon Koei Co Ltd (JICA –ECoRAD) Feb 2013 to May 2014
Programme Manager: Livelihoods (Enhancing Community Resilience Against Drought)
Serving as the Livelihoods manager for the JICA supported project on Enhancing Community Resilience Against Drought, I supervised socio-economic activities in improved livestock management, natural resources, and small scale agriculture in the two ASAL counties of Marsabit and Turkana. I also trained communities in small scale business management in Agriculture and fisheries around Lake Turkana.
Achievements
- I introduced high breeding Sasso Chicken and Galla goats in Marsabit County and distributed them to over 100 women in three self-help groups in far flung villages.
- Trained more than 200 community members on Village Community Banking (VICOBA)
- Trained women from Kalacha on better marketing strategies for their salt used as a livestock supplement
- Co-supervised the construction of a livestock market and drilling of 6 boreholes and one rock catchment for water provision in remote areas of Marsabit County
- Introduced suitable honey packaging materials and trained three women groups in gum, resins and honey production and marketing in Ngurnit area
- Trained over 100 farmers in the use of rain fed agriculture for production of food crops in Turkana County
- Provided advisory services to artisanal miners and other traders in small scale business management, coupled with business training
- Trained and mentored more than 40 fisher folks on fishing handling and marketing in Turkana County
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning: This was done based on the results based framework recommended by Japan International Cooperation Agency. I carried out weekly, monthly, mid-term and final evaluations on all the project under my docket. Activities we repeated at project and programme level.
Kenyatta and South Eastern Kenya Universities Jan 2012 to Feb 2013
Visiting Lecturer
Courses Taught
I taught, supervised and examined students in the following units
Kenyatta University
Level
Unit Code
Course Title
Undergraduate
ERC 307
Natural and Technological Hazards
Graduate
ENS 504
Climate change
South Eastern Kenya University
I taught, supervised and examined students in the following units
Level
Unit Code
Course Title
Undergraduate
ARM 307
Agroforestry
ENF 201
Agriculture
ESM 505
Participatory Research Methods and Communication
Achievements
Successfully taught several units at graduate and at undergraduate level. These included climate change, natural and technological hazards, agriculture, agroforestry and participatory research methods. All these courses involved successful monitoring evaluation.
Camco Global Advisory Services Dec 2010 to Jan 2013
Associate Consultant
Achievements
Participated in writing of three proposals on climate change
CULEX Institute (Japan) April 2006 to November 2010
Consultant/ Instructor
Achievements
Mentored more than 300 students in Joso City Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan and successfully took two small schools to the finals of speech contest in Ibaraki Prefecture
University of Tsukuba (Japan) April 2004 to November 2006
PhD candidate
Achievements
Successfully graduated with a PhD in Agricultural Sciences
Published two papers
University of Tsukuba April 1999 to March 2004
Graduate Assistant
Helped in delivery of several courses by the lecturers
University of Tsukuba April 1998 to March 2000
Graduate student at Masters Level
Achievements
Successfully graduated with an MSc in Agricultural Sciences
Published in Tsukuba Bulletin
University of Tsukuba April 1997-March 1998
Research Student
Achievements
Successfully graduated from the language school with a certificate in Japanese
Kenya Japan Social Forestry Training Project 1993-1997
Training and Research Officer
Achievements
Successfully implemented training courses in Social Forestry and Agroforestry for 18 countries in eastern, central and southern Africa, namely: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Other self-supported beneficiaries included Ghana and Madagascar. Other responsibilities included:
Monitoring and Evaluation: This done as per JICAs requirements on project and programme evaluation. After every training, there was evaluation. There were also semi-annual and annual evaluations which I carried out.
ODA-Kenya Indigenous Forest Conservation (KIFCON) 1991-1993
Seconded from KEFRI
Environmental Socio-economist
Achievements
Carried out Social Research in Shimba Hills, Kakamega, Mau Forest Complex and Mt Kenya and wrote reports for the same.
Monitoring and Evaluation: I carried out period evaluation on a mothnly basis and as required by the project leadership.
Kenya Forestry Research Institute 1990-1991
Assistant Research Officer (Socio-Economics and Policy Studies)
This was a training position thus had little to achieve
Language skills: English, Kiswahili, Luyia and Japanese
Other skills: Networking, Intercultural communication, Driving, Computer skills
Present employment position: Lecturer, Department of Natural Resources, Egerton University and Program Leader: Masters Programme in Dryland Resources Management (Department of Natural Resources)
Trainings and certificates
African Forest Forum: July 2022: Certificate of participation in a training workshop on building capacity of African Forestry stakeholders on the development of bankable projects on forests and climate change, Nairobi, Kenya
Egerton University and Oslo New University College: May 2022 Professional Training in Conflict Management and negotiations in Practice, Skills, Tools and Approaches, Nakuru, Kenya
Commission for University Education October 2020: Certificate of Participation in the 3rd Biannual Conference on the State of Higher Education in Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
Egerton University: June 2018, Workshop on Capacity Building Training on Consultancy Services
