Consultancies

Client:Millennium Development (MWA)

Role: Rangeland Management Specialist

Client: World Food Programme

Role: Climate Change and Livelihoods Lead

Development of Regional Strategy for Rangeland Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands in IGAD Region

Client: IGAD/ICPALD

Role: Lead Consultant, Rangeland Management

Development of Regional Strategy for Rangeland Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands in IGAD Region

Client: IGAD

Role: National Consultant, Drought Risk Management

Development of Regional Strategy for Rangeland Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands in IGAD Region

<strong>Client: </strong>IGAD/ICPALD

<strong>Role:</strong> Lead Consultant, Rangeland Management

Development of Climate Risk Management Mainstreaming Training Manual for Kenya

Client:NDMA/UNDP

Role: Climate Change Adaptation Lead

Community Resilience in Kerio River Ecosystem (CORKE) Project in Elgeyo-Marakwet, West Pokot and Baringo Counties, Kenya

Client: NCCK

Role: Range Management and Resilience Specialist

Review the IGAD/ICPAC Climate Risk and Food Security Atlas

Client: IGAD/ICPAC

Role: Reviewer

Baseline study to support the GEF-funded project “Building Resilience for food security and nutrition in Chad’s rural communities”

Client: CAMCO Advisory Services/African Development Bank

Role: Lead consultant on Agro-silvo-pastoral Production Systems in the Drylands

Baseline study to support the GEF-funded project “Technical Evalution of Drought Mitigation Related Technologies Under Cash/Food for Assets Programme implemented in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Kenya by World Food Programme in partnership with FAO”

Client: United Nations World Food Programme and FAO

Role: Lead consultant on Range Management

Baseline study to support the GEF-funded project “Assessing Vulnerability of Communities and Livelihood Systems in Turkana and Marsabit Counties”

Client: GIZ

Role: Co-consultant on Pastoralist Livelihoods in Collaboration with German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Witzenhausen, Germany

Formulation of Framework for Integrated Climate Risk Management in Kenya

Client: National Drought Management Authority (NDMA/UNDP)

Role: Lead consultant on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

Review of the draft national wildlife and climate change strategy for Kenya.

<strong>Client: </strong>African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) &amp; Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS)

<strong>Role:</strong> Lead consultant on Rangeland Management

Lake Victoria Environmental Management Programme (LVEMP II) Watershed Management and Improved Livelihoods Technical Support Mission in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.

Client: The World Bank and FAO

Role: Lead consultant on Range Management

End of project Evaluation of the Natural Resource Management Facility (Changieni Rasilimali Facility) at Act Change Transform (ACT!)

Client: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

Role: Lead consultant on Natural Resource Management and Livelihoods

Development of Guidelines and Framework for Drought Resilience Analysis, and Capacity Building of Stakeholders under the framework of the IGAD Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (IDDRSI), Kenya Country Programming Paper (Drought Risk Management and Ending Drought Emergencies Medium Term Plan for 2013-17.

Client: Dryland Development Centre, UNDP

Role: Lead consultant on Dryland resilience

Design and Development of Pastoralist Resilience Partnership (PReP) Project Proposal under DFID’s Component B of BRACED Programme. The project focuses on Resilience Building and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters in the context of Kenya and Uganda’s Karamoja Cluster.

Client: PReP consortium comprising Action Against Hunger (ACF) in Kenya and Uganda, Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and Danish Demining Group (DDG) in Kenya and Uganda

Role: Lead consultant on Dryland Ecosystems and Pastoral Livelihoods

End-term Evaluation of the Pastoralist Basket Fund programme in Tanzania

Client: CARE international

Role: Principal researcher

Environmental Audit of AMREF’s Pastoral Projects in Kenya

Client: AMREF Kenya

Role: Lead expert

Mid-term Evaluation of the Pastoralist Basket Fund programme in Tanzania

Client: CARE international-Tanzania

Role: Principal researcher

“Strengthening the adaptive capacity of rural poor to water scarcity in Kenya’s rangelands”.

Client: A pilot study for Advancing Capacity to Support Climate Change Adaptation (ACCCA) project funded by UNITAR and START.

Role: Co-investigator

Climate risk management and adaptations options for pastoral and agro-pastoral systems in East and Central Africa. The study was jointly undertaken by ICRISAT and ILRI and funded by ASARECA.

Client: ILRI

Role: Co-investigator

“Medicinal plants of Kajiado District: An assessment of species and therapeutic claims of the Maasai community in Kajiado”

Client: AMREF Kenya

Role: Lead expert

“Indigenous Techniques of Assessing and Monitoring Range Resources in East Africa”.

Client: Regional Land Management Unit (RELMA at World Agroforestry Centre)

Role: Co-investigator

Ecological and socio-economic assessment of the use and management of the Lembus Forest.

Client: World Conservation Union (IUCN) through the Lembus Forests Integrated Conservation and Development Project (ICDP)

Role: Co-investigator

“A Comparative Study of Commercial Consumptive and Non-Consumptive Utilization Options for Wildlife Conservation Strategies in Kenya”.

Client: The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)

Role: Lead expert

Facilitation of a course on Pastoralism Dynamics and Policy Options in Eastern Africa

Client: MS-TCDC, Arusha, Tanzania.

Role: Course facilitator – pillar one of the course, which entails dynamics of dryland natural resources and their determinants

“Medicinal plants of Kajiado District: An assessment of species and therapeutic claims of the Maasai community in Kajiado”

Client: AMREF Kenya

Role: Lead expert

Training of Trainers on Pastoralism Dynamics and Policy Options (PPO) in Eastern Africa

Client: IIED/KIMMAGE-UK/MS-Training Centre for Development Cooperation (MS-TCDC), Arusha, Tanzania. The TOT training was funded by CORDAID

Role: Facilitator – Pillar one of the course, which entails dynamics of dryland natural resources and their determinants.

Feasibility Study and designing of Livestock and Range Management component of Wildlife Conservation Project in Northern Kenya

Client: Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife/French Development Agency

Role: Lead expert for Livestock and Rangeland Management

“Links between Seasonal Climatic Variability and Poverty: A case Study of Pastoral and Agro-pastoral Communities in Baringo District, Kenya”.

Client: RUFORUM funded project

Role: Co-investigator: