Appointments:
· Professor of Public Law, University of Nairobi (since 1988)
· Global Visiting Professor of Law, School of Law, New York University (Spring 1997, Spring 2000)
· Visiting Professor of Law, College of Law, University of Florida, (Spring 1987)
· Visiting Associate Professor of Law, School of Law, Boston, University (Fall 1986)
· Associate Professor of Law, University of Nairobi (1984 – 1988)
· Assistant Lecturer/Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Department of Public Law, University of Nairobi, Kenya (1970 – 1984)
Fellowship/Memberships:
· Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science
· Fellow of the Kenya National Academy of Sciences
· Member of the International Law Society
· Member of the International Association of Constitutional Law
· Member of the IUCN’s International Council for Environmental Law
· Member of the World Association of the Law Professors
· Founding member of the Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern Africa (OSSREA)
· Agrarian Law and Policy
· Constitutional Politics and Constitution-Making
· Development Policy and Law
· Human Rights Law
· Environmental Law
· Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
· Labour Law and Labour Relations
· Land Use
· Natural Resources Law
· Population Policy and Law
· The Law of Property in Land
Current
Research
(2002/2005)
· Constitutionalism and Governance in Africa
· International Environmental Governance
· Land Reform Policy Development in Africa
· Reproductive Rights and Choices in Sub-Saharan Africa
Student
Supervision:
· Undergraduate Projects and Dissertations
· Master of Laws Theses
· Doctoral These/Dissertations
Examinations:
· Internal Examiner in all fields of law at the University of Nairobi
· External Examiner in Common Law, and Roman-Dutch Law courses in the Universities of Dar-es-Salaam, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Swaziland.
· Moi University, 2003 Kenya, public lecture on the politics of Constitution-Making in Kenya (1990 – 2003)
Special
Academic Presentations:
2004:
· Pretoria, South Africa, International Auditor for a roundtable on “Land and Democracy in South Africa” organised by IDASA.
2001:
·
Kampala, Uganda, Keynote address on land
rights food
security and poverty at the conference on Women and Land Rights in
Eastern
Africa.
2000:
·
Usa River, Tanzania; Keynote address on the
African
Commons at the African Public interest law and community – base
property rights
workshop.
· University of Wisconsin; Address on land policy development in Africa at the Land Tenure Centre;.
· University of Wisconsin; A presentation on the Constitution review debate in Kenya, at School of Law.
· Entebbe Uganda, Keynote address on the creation through procedural law, of democratic space for environment management at the East African Workshop Environmental Rights.
1998:
· New York University, USA; a rejoinder to Justice Breyer of the Unites States Supreme Court and Prof. Frank Michelman of Harvard Law School on constitutionalism, privatisation and globalisation.
1997:
· The World Bank, Washington DC, USA; Address on Land law and land registration at the Legal Department.
· Harvard University; Address on Constitutional Reconstruction in Africa at the Human Rights Program.
· Rice University; Address on Reform of African Agrarian Systems at the History Department.
· Middlebury College, Vermont; Address on Constitution-Making in Africa on the eve of the 21st Century.
1994:
· The European Parliament in Brussels; Address on Population and Development in Africa at its Committee on Development and Cooperation.
1993:
· The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia USA; Address on Kenya’s fertility decline at the African Demography Programme.
1990:
· The Population Council, New York; Address on the issue of abortion in Kenya.
1988:
· University of Florida, Gainesville, USA at the College of Law; Address on the African Charter of Human People’s Rights.
· University of Florida, Gainesville, USA; Address on constitutionalism in Africa at the Centre for African Studies.
1987:
· University of Iowa, Iowa City USA; Address on property relations and social organisation at the African Studies Program.
1986:
· Harvard University, USA; Address on theories of land tenure in African agriculture at the Centre for African Studies.
· Boston University, USA; Address on the African agrarian crisis at the African Studies College.
· Darmouth College, Hanover; Address on environment and land use at the Environmental Studies Program.
· Clark University, USA; Address on African Agrarian Systems at the International Development Program.
· Yale University USA; Address on population and agriculture at the Law School.
1984:
· University of Swaziland; Address on agrarian reform policies in Africa at the Faculty of Law.
1981:
· University of Paris I (The Sorbonne), France; Address on property theory and land use analysis at the department of Political Science.
1973:
· University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA; Address on land tenure reform in Kenya at the Land Tenure Centre.
International Assignments:
· Chairman, Board of Directors, African Population Advisory Council (from 1998 to date).
· Director, IPPF Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS) (1990-1994).
· Chairman, Ford Foundation-Funded Project on Governance in East Africa (1990-1995).
· Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the IPPF Centre for Africa Family Studies.
· Member of the International Advisory Board of the Institute for international Education (IIE) International Human Rights Internship Program, Washington DC, USA (1986-1990).
· Member of the International Advisory Board of the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM from 1985).
· Member of the Core Project Planning Committee of the joint IGBP HDP on land use and global land cover changes (1993-1994).
· Member of the Sub-Committee for Africa and East Mediterranean of the Committee on Resources for Research of the WHO Special Program of Research of the WHO Special Program of Research Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (from 1990-1997).
· Member of the World Bank’s Africa Technical Department’s Africa Population Advisory Committee (APAC up to 1990 and again from 1994).
· Member of the International Advisory Committee of the Social Science Research Council’s Project on African Agriculture, New York, USA (up to 1990).
National Assignments:
· Director Population Studies and Research Institute, university of Nairobi (1986-1993).
· Member of the University of Nairobi Council (with services to a number of its committees).
· Member of the Board of Postgraduate Studies, University of Nairobi (1986-1993).
· Member of University of Nairobi Senate (with service to numerous of its committees 1979-1993).
· Dean Faculty of Law, University of Nairobi (1979-1986).
· Rapporteur-General of the National Constitutional Conference (Kenya) (2003-2004).
· Member and Vice-Chairman, and Chair, Research and Drafting Committee, Constitution of Kenya Review Commission (2000-2003).
· Member, the Commission for Higher Education (Kenya) and Chairman of its Legislation Committee from 1986 to date).
· Member, the National Standing Committee on Human Rights (Kenya, from 1996-2004).
· Member, the Attorney General’s Task Force on the Reform on Public Order and Security Law (from 1993 – 1998).
· Member, the Advisory Board of Worldview International (Kenya Program, 1993-1996).
· Member, the Advisory Board of the Kenya Energy and Environmental Organisations (1992-1994).
· Chairman, The Insurance Appeal Tribunal (Kenya, 1989-2002).
· Chairman, the National Council for Population and Development, (1993-2002).
· Chairman, Board of Directors of the Centre of the Study of Adolescence (Kenya, 1988-1994).
· Member, the Commission of Enquiry into the Education System of Kenya (1998-1999).
· Member, the Task Force on Land Law Reform (1997-1999).
· Member, the Management and National Committee and Chairman of the Law Panel of the Family Planning Association of Kenya (1990-1992).
Major Consultancies:
2004
·
Consultant to the East African Community
Committee on
Fast Tracking East African Federation
2000
– 2003:
·
Consultant to the Commission of Enquiry
into the Land
Law Systems of Kenya on land policy.
·
Consultant to the United Nations
Development Programme
(UNDP), New York on Land Reform in Zimbabwe.
·
Consultant to the Government of Tanzania
and GTZ on
Rural Land Use Planning Law.
·
Consultant to the Uganda Land Alliance on
land policy.
1999:
· Consultant to the Department of Land Affairs, Republic of South Africa on communal land rights.
· Consultant to DFID (Eastern Africa) on critical issues on land in Kenya on the eve of the 21st Century.
1996-1998:
·
Consultant to DFID (Uganda) on the
implementation of
Uganda’s Land Act 1998.
· Legal Auditor to the Government of Tanzania on the privatisation of the Tanzania Telecommunications Company Ltd (TTCL) with Mkono & Co. Advocates and Clifford Chance.
· Legal Advisor to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on Land Policy Reform, Government of Malawi, and Food Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.
· Legal Auditor in the establishment of GSM land mobile telecommunications systems in Zanzibar Island, with Zantel and Mkono & Company Advocates for Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
1993-1995:
· Consultant to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN and the Government of Tanzania, Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania on Land Policy and Legislation.
· Consultant (with W. Oluoch-Kosura), to the Kenya Government and the Royal Netherlands Embassy (Nairobi, Kenya on Land Tenure and Agricultural Development.
· Consultant to the Stockholm Environment Institute and African Centre for Technology Studies on the United Nations Framework Convention on climate changes.
· Consultant on Legal instruments and modalities for the establishment of an African Foundation for Research and Development to African Academy of Science, Nairobi, Kenya.
1990-1992:
· Consultant to the Kenya Government and the World Bank (Nairobi, Kenya) on Land Tenure and Policy.
· Consultant to Agriculture and Rural Development Department. The World Bank and the Danish International Development Agency (Washington D.C) on land tenure in Sub-Saharan Africa.
· Consultant to the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation; Commonwealth Secretariat, (London, UK and Maseru Lesotho) on Land Acquisition. Compensation and water management in the Lesotho Highlands Water Management Project.
· Consultant to Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (Rome, Italy); on the Management of Irrigated Perimeters.
1983-1986:
· Consultant to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (Rome, Italy and Georgetown, Guyana) on Agrarian Reform Planning and Water Management Legislation.
· Consultant to the Government of the Royal Kingdom of Swaziland (Mbabane, Swaziland) on Land tenure and Land Use Planning.
1979-1983:
· Consultant to the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat Nairobi, Kenya) on Urban Land Resources.
· Consultant to the World Bank (Nairobi, Kenya) on Urban Planning Legislation.
1973:
· Consultant to the Government of Papua New Guinea (in a guest advisory capacity) on Land Tenure and Land Policy.
Personal Details:
· Born July 1, 1944
· National of the Republic of Kenya
· Married with five children
· Address: P.O. Box 30197 Nairobi, Kenya
· Telephones (254) 020-340858 (Office), (254) 020 884919 (House) 0722-518319, 0722754420 or 0734924110 (Cell)
· Faxes: (254) 020 716508, 3743565 (office) (254) 020 884919 (House)
· Telex: 22095 Vasity KE
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