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Okumu, Willis

Kenya
Anthropology
Fields of expertise 
Governance, Peacebuilding
University/Academic education 
10/2010 to 09/2012
M.A. Culture and Environment in Africa, University of Cologne
10/2002 to 12/2006
B.A. Political Science and Sociology, University of Nairobi
Professional experience 
08/2010 to 08/2016
Junior Researcher, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn
Selected publications 
Willis Okumu (2014) “Conflict over Ltungai Conservancy: A Case of Fatal Competition over Grazing Land and Water among the Samburu and Pokot in north-western Kenya”. In: Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe “A Delicate Balance Land Use, Minority Rights and Social Stability in the Horn of Africa” pp-224-244, Institute of Peace and Security Studies, Addis Ababa, University.
Willis Okumu (2013) “Trans-local Peace Building among Pastoralist Communities in Kenya-The Case of Laikipia Peace Caravan, Culture and Environment in Africa Series 3, Cologne African Studies Centre, University of Cologne pp 1-60.
Willis Okumu (2013) “From Ethnic Violence to Seeds of Peace: Pastoralists, Youth, and Inter-community Peacebuilding in Northwestern Kenya” Kujenga Amani, Vistas, February, Africa Peacebuilding Network, Social Science Research Council, Brooklyn, New York http://forums.ssrc.org/kujenga-amani/2013/02/11/from-ethnic-violence-to-seeds-of-peace-pastoralists-youth-and-inter-community-peacebuilding-in-northwestern-kenya/
Awards and scholarships 
NRW Scholarship for Master of Arts at the University of Cologne
DAAD Scholarship for PhD
Current memberships & social/political activities 
Kenya DAAD Scholars Association
Languages 
Dholuo, Swahili, English
AGGN regional chapter 
East Africa regional chapter
German chapter
City and country of residence 
Bonn
Germany
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