Title:Dr Position:Senior Lecturer and Chairperson of Geography Department Department:Geography Contact Address:P.O. Box 43844-00100,Nairobi, Kenya Email Address: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. Area od Specialization: Settlement Geography Download CV

Research Experience

• 2009, Principle Researcher for an inter-faculty research project entitled: “The Effects of The Introduction of Khat on Boy’s Education and Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in Mbeere District, Kenya”. Financed by the Research Department, Catholic University of Eastern Africa.
• Sept. 2002 – 2005 – PhD Research entitled: “Development, Gender and the Crisis of Masculinity among the Maasai People of Ngong -Kenya’ at The University of Leicester, UK.
• June 2001 – May 2002 – Principle Researcher for a Research entitled: “Poverty Manifestations and Coping Strategies in Kajiado District Kenya,” funded by the Research Department of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa.
• 1994-1995 Master of Arts Thesis research entitled: “Factors Influencing Housing Conditions in Muran’ga District, Kenya” at Kenyatta University, Department of Geography.
• 1995:  Part-Time Research Assistant for a research entitled, “ Working Women and Leisure in Nairobi”,  Sponsored by the Organization of Social Science Research in Eastern Africa (OSSREA) – Principal Researcher, Dr. Philomena Muiruri (Lecturer, Department of Geography, Kenyatta University, Kenya).
• 1995:  Part-Time Research Assistant for a research on Diminishing Public spaces in Nairobi, Sponsored by DAAD – Principal Researcher, Dr. Philomena Muiruri (Lecturer, Department of Geography, Kenyatta University, Kenya).

Publications

• Mwenda, A. N, Arnold K. Bregt, Arend Ligtenberg and KibutuT.N, (2012): ‘Trends in consultation and public participation within Environmental Impact Assessment in Kenya’, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Vol. 30, No. 2, June 2012, 130–135.
• Mwenda A. N and  Kibutu T. N (2012) ‘Implications of the New Constitution on Environmental Management in Kenya’, 8/1 Law, Environment and Development Journal (2012), p. 76, available at http://www.lead-journal.org/content/12076.pdf
• Kibutu T.N. and Mwenda A. N. (2010) "Provision for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in Kenya’s legislation: A review of the Environmental Management & Coordination Act (EMCA) & the Environmental (Impact Assessment & Audit) Regulations (EIAAR)" East African Journal Of Humanities And Sciences, Vol. 10 No. 2.
• Kibutu T.N. (2007) Land  ‘reforms’ as Development Input in Kenya’s Maasailand: Some Issues from Postcolonial Theoretical Perspectives, East African Journal Of Humanities And Sciences, Vol 7 No. 1.
• Kibutu T. N.  (2007) A Critical appraisal of Postcolonial Theory and its relevance to the discourses and Practices of Development in the Africa Context, CHEMICHEMI, International Journal Of Humanities and Social Sciences Volume 4, Number 2.
• KIBUTU, T.N (Lead), Machyo, C and Ndonga, B.  (2012) The Effects of The Introduction of Khat on Boy’s Education and Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in Mbeere District, Kenya”. Research Report, Research Department, Catholic University of Eastern Africa.
• Kibutu T. N (lead)    . And V. G Gaitho (2010) “Poverty Manifestations and Coping Strategies in Kajiado District Kenya,” Research Report, Research Department, Catholic University of Eastern Africa.