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Present Position: Research Associate, Fieldwork Coordination, KU-WEE Hub and PI “Randomized Evaluation of the Effects of a Preschool Intervention on Child Learning and Women’s Economic Empowerment in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya”
Key areas of Expertise: Expert in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Integrated Environmental Management (IEM) and Integrated Watershed Management (IWM).
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Brief Bio

Simon Onywere, is an Associate Professor at Kenyatta University (KU), and balances academic roles with impactful research and community engagement. He leads a Gates Foundation-funded study on preschool intervention on effects of child learning and women’s economic empowerment in Tharaka Nithi County. Onywere contributed to assessing socio-economic impacts of rising water levels in lakes and dams, serving on a Government of Kenya Multi-Agency Technical Committee. As the ESRI GIS Education Users Ambassador in Africa since 2018, he promotes GIS use in education and championed ESRI’s 100 African Universities Programme in 2014. Onywere specializes in Integrated Environmental Management, developing participatory catchment management plans for communities. He led disaster risk management studies and training across East Africa, including IGAD states. Currently, he chairs KU's Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC - EA) board and actively contributes to the ECDE Network in Kenya.

Summary of Skills

  • Ability to conceptualize, fully resource, and manage major research projects involving multiple partner institutions across the East African Region.
  • Demonstrated capacity to organize large conferences, workshops, seminars and made presentations at many high‐profile conferences as keynote speaker, presenter or discussant.
  • Team player with ability to develop and nature inter-disciplinary network of collaborators to accomplish both short and long-term project goals.
  • Demonstrated capacity in conceptualizing and writing project and research grant proposals and consequently raising funds for research projects.
  • Experience in mentoring and examining students in academic and research.
  • Meticulous and resilient in supporting the institutionalization of GIS and Technology body of knowledge for teaching and research.
  • Capacity to prepare scientific papers, research reports, policy briefs and technical reviews and consequently publishing in scientific journals.
  • Proven organizational, analytical and management acumen with administrative experience and strategic planning in research management.
  • Proficient in computer usage including specialty applications such as GIS and Remote Sensing and other Geospatial Mapping tools
  • Widely travelled and networked with institutions in the region

Recent Publications

  • Onywere, S., Naivasha, D., Mwoma, T., Oteyo, S., Meghir, C, Baker-Henningharm, H., Attanacio, O., Ouko, H, Mwangi, M., Gachara. E., Mvungu, E. (2024) Poster exhibition at the Eastern Africa Regional Early Childhood Conference (EARC) conference, Dar Es Salaam on 11th to 14th March, 2024 on theme was, “Investing in Early Childhood: Building Human Capital along the Life Course”.
    • Randomized Control Trial Childcare Intervention Programme: Non-random Mapping of Status of Pre-primary Schools in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya.
    • A Randomized Control Trial of the Effects of a Preschool Intervention on Child Learning and Women’s Economic Empowerment in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya.
  • Wambua Peter et al (2023): Enhancing Women’s Livelihoods, Labor Force Participation, Psychosocial Wellbeing, and Child Development through the Crèche Programme in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya: Findings from a Pilot Study. Vol. 1 No. 1 (2023): Kenyatta University Women’s Economic Empowerment (Ku-Wee) Journal
  • Mongare, R.; Abdel-Rahman, E.M.; Mudereri, B.T.; Kimathi, E.; Onywere, S.; Tonnang, H.E.Z. Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) Invasion Risk and Vegetation Damage in a Key Upsurge Area. Earth 2023, 4, 187-210. https://doi.org/10.3390/earth4020010
  • Mangi H. O., Onywere, S. M. and Kitur E. C. (2023) Fish Productivity Response to Water Quality Variations: A Case Study of Nyumba ya Mungu Dam, in Pangani Water Basin, Tanzania. International Journal of Ecology Volume 2023, Article ID 7353898, 11 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/7353898
  • Magige J.M., Jepkosgei C., Onywere S.M. (2020) Use of GIS and Remote Sensing in Tourism. In: Xiang Z., Fuchs M., Gretzel U., Höpken W. (eds) Handbook of e-Tourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05324-6_118-1
  • Joy A. Obando, S. Onywere, C. Shisanya, A. Ndubi, D. Masiga, Z. Irura, N. Mariita, and H. Maragia, (2016). Impact of Short-Term Flooding on Livelihoods in the Kenya Rift Valley Lakes. In M.E. Meadows, J.-C. Lin (eds.), Geomorphology and Society, Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences, DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-56000-5_12, Pg 193-215. Springer Japan 2016.
  • Susan Malaso Kotikot and Simon M. Onywere (2014), Application of GIS and remote sensing techniques in frost risk mapping for mitigating agricultural losses in the Aberdare ecosystem, Kenya, Geocarto International, DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2014.965758, Article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2014.965758
  • Onywere, S. M., J. M. Mironga and I. Simiyu (2012), Use of Remote Sensing Data in Evaluating the Extent of Anthropogenic Activities and their Impact on Lake Naivasha, Kenya, The Open Environmental Engineering Journal, 2012, 5, 9-18, Bentham Science Publishers [DOI: 10.2174/1874829501205010009]
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