Bernard Munyao Muiya

Assistant Lecturer-Department of Sociology/Liaison Officer- Military Academy

OFFICE ADDRESS/CONTACTS

Department of Sociology

P.O. Box 43844- 00100

Kenyatta University, Kenya

Mobile Phone: 0703919546/0733515310

Email address: [email protected] [email protected]

Private (Permanent) Address:

P.O. Box 1642-90115

Kangundo, Kenya

EDUCATION

University of 2009 Master of Arts-Sociology

University of Nairobi 2000 Postgraduate Diploma in Education

Kenyatta University 1996 Bachelor of Arts (Sociology, English, &

Literature) Second Class Honours- Upper Division

Kenya Education Staff Institute (KESI) 2007 Certificate in Education Management

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PUBLICATIONS

Muiya, B. M. (2010). The effects of cost-sharing on healthcare services provision in Kenya: Utilization, Management andAccess. Lambard Educational Publishers. Muiya, B. M. (2014 –awaiting publication). Equity in healthcare provision: ensuring social protection in health throughhealth insurance in Kenya. The Politics of Social Protection in Kenya Fifty Years after Political Independence. Nairobi: French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA-Nairobi). Muiya, B. M. (2014, June). The nature, challenges and consequences of urban youth unemployment: A case of Nairobi City, Kenya. Horizon Research Publishing. Muiya, B. M., & Kamau, A. (2013, November). Universal health care in Kenya:Opportunities and challenges for the informal sector workers. International Journal of Education and Research, 1(11).

UNIVERSITY LEVEL TEACHING MATERIAL Muiya, B. M. & Muia, D. M. (2012) Conventions and Legal Issues in Disaster Management. Online Learning Material for the Institute of Open Distance & e-Learning, Kenyatta University

Muiya, B. M. (ed) (2013) Social Change and Development. Online Learning Material for the Institute of Open Distance & e-Learning, Kenyatta University

Muiya, B. M. (ed) (2013) Information Technology and Crime. Online Learning Material for the Institute of Open Distance & e-Learning, Kenyatta University

AFFILIATIONS Reviewer Internal Journal of Business and Marketing Management (IJBMM) World Journal of Medicine and Medical Science Research (WJMMSR)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

KISUMU (AUGUST 2010) Effectiveness of Local Community Based Organizations in Providing Support Services to Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Kisumu East District

NAIROBI (APRIL 2010) Poverty Profiles in informal Urban Settlements in Kenya: A Case Study of Korogocho in the City of Nairobi

MWINGI DISTRICT (August 2009) The Role of Community Based Organizations in Development-a case of Mwingi District

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UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI (2005) M.A in Sociology: The effects of cost-sharing on healthcare services provision in public hospitals in Kenya: a case study of Kangundo District, Eastern Kenya.

WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS/CONFERENCES

20-21 February 2014 Conference at the French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA-Nairobi) Presented paper -Equity in healthcare provision: ensuring social protection in health through health insurance in Kenya

13th -15th January 2014 Kenyatta University/AGRA-Wageningen UR Workshop Capacity Building-Competence & Skills Training for PhD Candidates

15th – 18th July 2013 Centre for Teaching, Excellency & Evaluation-Kenyatta University Teaching Methodology, Testing & Evaluation in institutes of Higher Learning

October-November 2012 Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) Ethiopia Research Methodology, Statistics, and SPSS Training Workshop

AWARDS AND GRANTS

June 2014 Kenyatta University, Deans Grant- School of Humanities to support PhD research, Department of Sociology

REFEREES Professor Paul N. Mbatia, Professor in Sociology & DVC (Academic Affairs & Innovation), Multimedia University, Kenya P. O. Box 30305, Nairobi, Kenya Cell Phone: 0722779811 Email: [email protected]

Prof. Charles B. K. Nzioka, Professor in Sociology & Senior Lecturer Department of Sociology & Social Work University of Nairobi P.O Box 390197-00100, Nairobi Cell Phone: 0722706768 Email address [email protected]

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Professor Enos. Njeru, Professor in Sociology & Principal, College of Humanities & Social Sciences University of Nairobi P.O. Box 30197, 00100, Nairobi. Cell Phone: Tel. 0722-714248 /0733-693-794 Email [email protected]

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