Karuti Kanyinga is a research Professor of Development Studies at the Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi.  He is an accomplished development researcher and scholar with extensive national and international experience. He has published extensively and is renowned for his contributions to scholarship and knowledge in governance and development. Karuti’s research and publications include seminal work on ethnicity and development; devolution and development; and electoral politics and development. This is in addition to commissioned studies on governance, justice, law, and order sector reforms. The publications include: Kanyinga, Karuti (2016). Devolution and New Politics of Development in Kenya. African Studies Review, Vol. 59, No. 3, 155-167. Kanyinga, K. 2014.    Read More

Dr Collins Odote holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Law from the University of Nairobi, Postdoctoral Fellowship Community Land Rights in Kenya (Strathmore University), Master of Law (University of Nairobi), Bachelor of Law (University of Nairobi) and Diploma in Law (Kenya School of Law). He is a senior lecturer at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Environmental Law and Policy (CASELAP) and the director of CASELAP, a multidisciplinary and postgraduate unit of the university. He has served at CASELAP since 2010 contributing to its growth by developing its curricula, teaching, and supervising students, coordinating its seminars and colloquia, and establishing collaboration and partnerships. He has over forty articles published to his name, in refereed journals, book chapters, books and monographs. Furthermore, he is a weekly columnist in The Business Daily and has written over 300 columns on diverse topics ranging from the environment, land, elections, education, the Constitution, COVID-19, regional integration, and extractives. He has also attended, spoken at, and written papers for numerous international, regional, national, and local level workshops.    Read More

Dr. Linda Musumba is the successful Founding Dean and now Senior Lecturer at a fast-growing law school – Kenyatta University School of Law (KUSOL). She is an expert in the technical, conceptual, and content development of legal based projects and consultancies. She is also a frequently sought-after consultant locally and abroad on legal issues of constitutional law, law making and reform, East African Community Law, electoral law, gender issues in law, and human rights.      Read More

Prof. Agnes Wakesho Mwangombe is a professor of Plant Pathology, Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences (CAVS) where she served as principal from May 2005 to September 2015. As a researcher and a policy maker, she is actively engaged in agricultural activities, policy formulation and implementation. Prof. Mwangombe’ served as project advisor in the Food Security project from 2013-2015 at African Women Studies Centre.    Read More

Dr Kitiabi holds A PhD from Durham University Business School in the United Kingdom and is an Academic member of the University of Nairobi, School of Business. Dr Kitiabi is also a Private/Public Sector Advisor and Investment and Development Advisor. She is also an alumnus Research scholar of The Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA, and York University Canada. Her specific areas of Competency include Small Business Development and promotion, Development of Incubation and Innovation programs for Women, Development and evaluation of Financial instruments for business development, Regional Trade Facilitation, Revenue Administration and management, Fiscal and monetary policy analysis, Privatization, Investment, Management Practice, and Reforms in Public and community Enterprises, Public Management and process and institutional reforms.      Read More

Peter Wasamba is a Professor of African Literature at the University of Nairobi. He has over 20 years of research and teaching experience at the university level. Prof. Wasamba has served as a university manager for over ten (10) years: as the Chairman, Department of Literature, Associate Dean and thereafter, Dean, Faculty of Arts. Wasamba has BA, MA and PhD degrees in Literature. He also has Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Master of Laws (LLM) degrees, all from the University of Nairobi. He is an experienced gender trainer and researcher with several publications based on projects undertaken with collaborators. Wasamba is an international scholar involved in mentoring next generation academics and students through research and international collaborations.

Prof. Maria Nzomo is a prominent scholar and professor of International Relations and governance and Director of the Diplomacy Institute. She has contributed immensely to development of the study of diplomacy in Kenya. Professor Maria Nzomo holds the distinction of being the first Kenyan woman to attain a PhD in political science, which she earned in 1981 from Dalhousie University in Canada. She has over 30 years of teaching experience at the University of Nairobi, starting out as a Tutorial Fellow in 1979 and rising the ranks to become an associate professor of political economy and international studies in 1995. Between October 2003 and January 2009, she held several ambassadorial posts in southern Africa (Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe) and at the United Nations.    Read More

Patricia Kameri-Mbote is a Professor of Law and former Dean at the School of Law, University of Nairobi. She is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and was conferred the rank of Senior Counsel in 2012. She was a member of the Committee of Eminent Persons appointed by His Excellency the President of Kenya in February 2006 to advise the government on the way forward for the stalled constitution review process. She was also awarded an honorary degree in law by the University of Oslo (UiO) in 2017 for outstanding contribution to research through ground-breaking work cutting across established fields such as Women’s Law, Natural Resources Law, Human Rights and Law and Development. Kameri-Mbote earned her doctorate from Stanford University in 1999 specializing in property rights and environmental law.     Read More

Prof Elishiba Njeri Kimani is a Professor at Kenyatta University, Department of Sociology, Gender and Development Studies, where she has been a Lecturer since October 1990. She obtained her Doctorate (PhD) in Gender, Education and Development Studies in December 1998 at the same university, having obtained a bachelor’s degree in Education (BED-Arts) and a master’s degree in Education (Primary Education Option (PTE) in 1977 and 1983 respectively, from University of Nairobi (UON). She is currently serving as the Dean in Graduate School of Kenyatta University since November 2018, having served as an Associate Dean in the same school since May 2013, and a Director of Kenyatta University Students’ Mentoring Program from 2006 to 2013. Prof Elishiba Kimani is a renowned researcher and a scholar in areas of Gender, Sociology Education and Development studies. She has also disseminated a wide range of gender-related knowledge through many publications, presentations in conferences, seminars, and workshops.    Read More

Germano Mwabu is a Professor of Economics at the University of Nairobi. He has over 25 years of experience conducting high quality empirical research on issues related to labour, health poverty, and development in Africa. He was the co-director of the AERC project on Poverty Income Distribution and Labour Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa (2003-2005).     Read More