Bernard Munyao Muiya
Assistant Lecturer-Department of Sociology/Liaison Officer-Kenya 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 Nairobi 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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