CC UU RR II CC UU LL UU MM VV II TT AA EE NAME: GEORGE KINOTI KING'ORIAH (Prof.) (Dr.) QUALIFICATIONS: B.A. (Land Econ.), M.Sc. (Econ.), M.I.S.K. M.A.S.P., Ph.D., REGISTERED VALUER (Kenya) NATIONAL HONOURS: Member of the Order of the Burning Spear of Kenya (MBS) from 1995 December. AGE: 60 years. CURRENT EMPLOYMENT: Executive Secretary: National Council For Science and Technology, Kenya. MARITAL STATUS: Married with five children - Two daughters and three sons: Caroline Gakii, 27: Duane Kithinji, 22: Willy Ntongai, 18: Matilda Mukami, 12: Michael Mutuma, 9 years. EDUCATION: 1952 – 1956: Uringu Primary School, NYAMBENE, KENYA. 1957 – 1960: Kanjalu Intermediate School, NYAMBENE, KENYA. 1961 – 1964: Meru School; Passed Cambridge Overseas School Certificate with Division I. 1965 – 1966: Thika High School; Passed Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate. 1967 – 1971: Bachelors Degree Course in Land Economics at the University of Nairobi, and graduated with Honours, Second Class Lower Division. 1971 – 1973: Valuation (Real Estate Appraisal) Pupil in the Department of Lands, Ministry of Lands and Settlement. Kenya. In August 1973, elected a full Member of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (Valuers and Estate Managers' Chapter), thereby acquiring a postgraduate diploma of the institution. 1977 – 1978: Attended a Graduate course in Economics at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.A.; and 1978, obtained a Master of Science degree (in Economics: Urban Regional Analysis) of that University. 1978 – 1980: Enrolled for a Ph.D. course in Economic Geography (Urban-Regional Science Major). On June 26, 1980, defended a doctoral thesis successfully, and in August 1980 obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree (in Economic Geography) of that University. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE 1973 - 1974: Valuer: (Real Estate Appraiser) Central and Eastern Provinces: Ministry of Lands and Settlement: Kenya Rating Valuer for 12 Local Authorities. 1983 – 1986: Chairman: Department of Land Development, University of Nairobi. 1986 – 1990: Dean: Faculty of Architecture, Design and Development, University of Nairobi. 1988 - 1994: Chairman and Director, African Diatomite Industries Limited, Gilgil, Kenya. 1992 – 1994: Principal, College of Architecture and Engineering. 1994 - 1997 Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Finance and Administration, Egerton University, Njoro: Kenya. 1997 ------ Executive Secretary: National Council for Science and Technology 2 2 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE As a Pupil surveyor I was made the Valuation Officer-in-Charge of Central Province (Kenya) between 1971 and 1973. My duties were to assist the Chief Government Valuer in day-to-day general real estate and valuation work in the Province. Undertook all types of Real Estate Appraisal (Valuation) with special emphasis on Urban Valuation. I also played major roles in land acquisition, property rating and other aspects of Estate Management related to Government Lands in Central Province. Managed, among other things, the following major projects in Land Acquisition in the Province:- Meru Sewerage Scheme Karatina Sewerage Scheme Githuguri Rural Pilot Housing Scheme Kerugoya Technical Institute, (Land Acquisition Scheme for the Kirinyaga Technical Institute). 1973 – 197 After being elected a full member of the (Institution of Surveyors of Kenya) became the Valuation Officer in Charge of Eastern and Central Provinces (Kenya). My duties were to be answerable to the Chief Government Valuer on all Real Estate Appraisal (Valuation) Matters in the two Provinces. During this time I participated in various high policy land decisions, besides doing my other professional duties. I was instrumental in the design of the Owner-Occupied House Allowance Valuation Policy for the Government of Kenya, and other parastatal organizations. This policy was first tested by me in Central and Eastern Provinces and is operational even today. In 1974 I was promoted to Valuer Grade I in the Ministry of Lands and Settlement at the Department of Lands. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE ACADEMIC FIELD 3 3 In January 1975 I took up an academic appointment with the University of Nairobi as Lecturer. 1975 to Present: During my tenure as a Lecturer I have taught the following subjects in the Faculty of Agriculture Design and Development of Nairobi University and at the Faculty of Arts and social sciences, Egerton University. Research Methodology; Real Estate Appraisal (Valuation); Land Economics, Building Technology; Town and Country Planning; Urban-Regional Analysis Statistics and Computer Applications; Cartography - Manual and automated. Environmental Impact Assessment Urban Economics and Management At Egerton University (1994 – 1997): Quantitative Geography Econometrics: 1977 – 1980 Post-Graduate studies at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.A. 1977 - 1978: While working for my Masters degree I served as Graduate Assistant to Professor Duane L. Sorrensen of Indiana State University. I participated in Regional Economic Development Studies involving Downtown re-vitalization for the towns of:- Terre Haute; Rockville; Rushville; Roann, and Zionsville: Indiana, U.S.A. 1980 August: I re-joined the Department of Land Development, Nairobi University as a member of the teaching staff (Lecturer). 1981 – 1985: Chairman: Postgraduate Studies Committee, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Development and faculty Postgraduate Representative in the University Postgraduate Studies Committee. 4 4 1983 June: Senior Lecturer: Department of Land Development. 1983 – 1986: Chairman (Head) - Department of Land Development at the Faculty of architecture, Design and Development, University of Nairobi. 1985 – 1987: External Examiner: Ardhi Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 1986 – 1990: Dean, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Development, University of Nairobi. 1988 December: Associate Professor of Land Economics, University of Nairobi. 1988- 1994: Appointed by the President of Kenya as Chairman, African Diatomite Industries Ltd.; a mining and Natural Resource exploitation concern in Kenya's Rift Valley Province. 1992 - 1994: Principal, College of Architecture and Engineering, University of Nairobi. 1994 – 1997: Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Finance and Administration: Egerton University. 1997 ---- Secretary: National Council for Science and Technology. 1997--- Member, Radiation Protection Board of Kenya. 1997--- Member Board of National Museums of Kenya. 2000--- Member Board of Numerical Machining Complex 2000--- Member East African Inter-University Council DOCTORAL DISSERTATION 5 5 In partial satisfaction of the Doctor of Philosophy, I presented to the Indiana State University a thesis by the title Policy Impacts on the Land Use Patterns In Nairobi; Kenya: 1899 – 1979. The document is available at the Microfilms International, 300 M Zeeb Road: Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. PUBLICATIONS 1. “The Economics of Housing Management” Build Kenya: September 1977. 2. "Economic Development and Industrial Location in Kenya” Ardhi: Journal of Land Development Vol. 1 (1981) 3. Equilibrium in Property Market: "Fact or Fiction". Ardhi: Journal of Land Development. 4. "Policy Impacts on Urban Land Use Patterns in Nairobi; Kenya: 1899 - 1979" Doctoral Dissertation, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN.47809 U.S.A. (School of Graduate Studies; 1980). Available in Microfilm from University Microfilms International 300 M. Zeeb Road Ann Arbor Michigan MI 48107; U.S.A. 5. "Temporal and Social-Economic Dynamics of the East African Regional Space". Limited circulation, Department of Land Development, Nairobi University, (1983). 6. "Regions and Regional Delimitation as Aids for Urban and Rural Development in Kenya", Ekistiks 304, January/February 1984. 7. Kenya's National Position Paper on Land for Human Settlements: Presented at the 6th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human settlements in Helsinki, Finland by Hon. Odongo Omamo, 25th April- 6th May, 1983. Served as author and chairman of Editorial Board. 8. "The Causes of Nairobi's City Structure" Ekistiks 301 July/August, 1983. 9. "A survey of Kenya's Land Policy" (with Mr. E.C. Chesiyna) in Twenty Great Years of Uhuru, Njehu Gatabaki (Ed.); Nairobi, Production and Communications Ltd., Nairobi 1984. 6 6 10. "Some Methodological Approaches to Planning and Land use studies in Kenya". ATTI Gionarto di Lavoro AIRO: PESCARA (Italy) 1984. Paper presented to the Convention of Italian Association of Operations Research held in Pescara, Italy, September, 1984. 11. "An Analysis of Housing Market in Nairobi" Finance, Vol. II: February 1985. Pages 39-41. 12. "Organization of Building Industry". Finance Vol. II No.12: March 1985, pp.38-39. 13. "The Adoptive Model of Subsidized Housing Market. Finance, Vol. III No.1 January/February 1986, pp.12-13. 14. "Land Use Conflicts in Peripheral Nairobi: A Spatio-temporal Phenomenon" presented to an interdisciplinary seminar Interaction of Man, Space Environment over Time, organised by University of Nairobi and Public Law Institute and the Department of Land Development at Silver Springs Hotel, Nairobi: 2nd to 5th April, 1986. 15. "The Nairobi-Thika Axis as an Overflow Corridor for Nairobi’s Urban Development.“ Presented to the International Workshop on Housing, that was arranged by UNCHS, University of Leuven-Belgium, Nairobi, and 19th to 31st January 1987. 16. "A Chronology of Land Use Accretion and Housing Policy in Nairobi", Presented to the International Workshop on Housing, organized by UNCHS, University of Nairobi and Katholieke University Leuven-Belgium: