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Designation: TUTORIAL FELLOW
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Job Category: Teaching
Division / Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Directorate / Dept: DEPT. OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Section: Academics

SUMMARY

I am a registered Professional Engineer with the Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK) and a Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineers of Kenya (MIEK). With over 10 years of extensive experience in the field, I possess knowledge in irrigation, drainage, and soil and water management. My expertise lies in conducting feasibility studies, detailed design, and implementing gravity and pressurized irrigation systems for various irrigation projects.

I excel in project planning and identification, as well as in the preparation of irrigation master plans, feasibility studies, detailed designs, tender documents, and construction supervision. I am also skilled in maintaining irrigation infrastructure. One of my notable strengths was my ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams for successful project execution effectively.

I have gained a lot of experience in lecturing and handling students from Egerton University, Laikipia University, and the University of Kabianga where I have been a part-time lecturer.

ORCID

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7901-1682

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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

2021 – To date: Ph.D – Agricultural Engineering (Soil and Water Engineering option),
Egerton University, Njoro – Kenya

2014 – 2016: MSc – Water Engineering, Pan African University Institute of Water and Energy Sciences (including climate change) – PAUWES. Tlemcen University, Tlemcen - ALGERIA

2008 – 2013: BSc – Agricultural Engineering, Egerton University, Njoro - Kenya

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

Irrigation and Drainage
Soil and Water Management

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Registered Professional Engineer- Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK) -A4351
Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineers of Kenya (MIEK)-7597
Member - Kenya Society of Environmental Biological and Agricultural Engineers (KeSEBAE) - K21017

WORK EXPERIENCE

2019-Todate: Tutorial Fellow - Egerton University (Kenya),

2017-2021: Part-time lecturer - Egerton University (Kenya),

2017-2021: Part-time lecturer - University of Kabianga

2017-2021: Part-time lecturer - Laikipia University

2019-2021: Irrigation Engineer - SunCulture, Kenya

2016-2019: Graduate Engineer - Green Ranges Solutions (Kenya)

2016: Research Engineer - National Irrigation Board (NIB), Perkerra Irrigation Scheme

2014: Trainee Engineer - Lake Victoria South Water Services Board

2013: Assistant Irrigation Engineer - Ministry of Water and Irrigation, West Kano

KEY PROJECTS

2021-2026: The Catchment to Tap (C2T) is a program under WWF-Kenya, World Waternet (WWn) and Vitens-Evides International (VEI). It seeks to Enhance the resilience and sustainability of the WASH sector considering climatic and socioeconomic trends through increased synergies between the WASH and WRM sectors
2019-2022: OKP- Water in a Nexus Agriculture project aiming at the following outcome and outputs; Outcome: EGU and TENP perform their core tasks, embedded in their environment and labour market. Outputs: Courses in agriculture are strengthened by including climate-smart and water-smart topics; trainers, teachers, extension officers, and policymakers have the knowledge and skills to disseminate and apply gender-sensitive water-smart and climate-smart best practices and innovative technologies; and collaboration and linkages btw training institutes, industry, and government strengthened
2020-2022: KCSAP – Water Harvesting in Baringo. The Centre has implemented, in Baringo county, the project ‘Validating Climate Smart Water Harvesting Technologies to Increase Food and Nutrition Security in Semi-Arid Kenya’. The focus of the project was to increase the agricultural productivity and resilience of farmers in Machakos, Baringo, Kajiado, and Taita Taveta Counties by;
i. Validating and up-scaling climate-smart water harvesting TIMPS
ii. Strengthening innovation and knowledge exchange systems to increase access to information on “best-fit” water harvesting TIMPS

RESEARCH INTERESTS

: Optimizing irrigation water usage, soil and water management, the water-food nexus, the drainage-environment nexus, and the impacts of climate change on soil health and irrigation water.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Kennedy Ochieng Okuku, Japheth Ogalo Onyando, Nancy Waithira Matheri, Samuel Muhoro Kinyanjui. Validation of Ex-Situ Runoff Harvesting in Semi-Arid Areas Using Grid-Based NRCS – CN, American Journal of Water Science and Engineering. Volume 9, Issue 3, September 2023, pp. 77-85. doi: 10.11648/j.ajwse.20230903.14

Okuku, Kennedy. (2023). The Bio Geosystem Strategy for Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture in Africa. Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 42(4), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.9734/cjast/2023/v42i44061

Kennedy O. Okuku, Japheth O. Onyando, "Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Current Irrigation Scheduling Strategies in Perkerra Irrigation Scheme, Kenya", International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), https://www.ijsr.net/search_index_results_paperid.php?id=SR21423005511, Volume 10 Issue 4, April 2021, 1192 – 1198

Kennedy O. Okuku, Japheth O. Onyando, "Determination of the Effectiveness of Irrigation Scheduling Strategy using CROPWAT Model for Maize Crop: A case study in Perkerra Irrigation Scheme, Kenya", International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), goo.gl/dwjnym, Volume 7 Issue 1, January 2018, 982 – 987

HONORS, PRIZE AND AWARDS

▪ Awarded Scholarship for PhD Research by AfDB/MoEST in 2021

▪ Awarded Full Masters Scholarship by the African Union Commission and German Cooperation in 2014.

▪ Awarded certificate of completion on attaining the Gold standard of the President’s Award Scheme for young people.

▪ Awarded certificate of achievement for winning a gold medal in Tae Kwon Do welterweight, Kenya University Sports Association (KUSA) competition during the year 2010/2011. (FOUNDERS DAY)

▪ Awarded certificate of merit for attaining the 1st position in National Universities Championship on 16th – 21st December 2011.

▪ Awarded diploma of participation in the 7th edition of the East Africa University Games held at Kenyatta University.

TEACHING AREAS

: Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Soil and Water conservation Engineering, Engineering Survey, Land use and planning,

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