Conference Steering Committee

The organization of the 2025 Joint Conference will be spearheaded by three committees. The first is the Conference Steering Committee in charge of overall direction and oversight of conference activities chaired by the Vice Chancellors of the CUK and MoCU and Key partners including Cooperative College of UK and State Department for Co-operative (SDC). The second is the Conference Organizing Committee dealing with the actualization of the activities related to conference organization, while the third (Scientific Review committee) will deal with technical aspects of the conference. The latter team will constitute the conference Scientific Review Committee.

• Prof. Kamau Ngamau, VC, CUK – Chairperson
• Prof. Alfred Sife, VC, MoCU – Co-Chairperson
• Prof. Isaac K. Nyamongo (DVC – ACDRI), CUK
• Prof. Esther Gicheru (DVC – FPA), CUK
• Prof. John Safari (DVC - ARC), MoCU
• Dr. Gregory John Roberts (Cooperative College, UK)
• Dr. Michael Ngala, CUK, Director, Institute of Open, Distance and eLearning
• Prof. Kennedy Waweru, CUK, Director, Research and Innovation
• Mr. Maxwell Nyaga, CUK, Finance Officer
• Mr. Silas Maiyo – CUK, Secretariat

Conference Organizing Committee

• Dr. Michael Ngala - Chairman
• Mr. Zachary Njeru - Member
• Prof. Kennedy Waweru - Member
• Prof. Wycliffe Oboka - Member
• Dr. Monica Nderitu - Member
• Mr. David Mugambi - Secretariat
• Prof. Lucy Kiganane - Member
• Dr. Moses Gweyi - Member
• Dr. Shem Mbandu - Member
• Dr. George Matto - Member
• Dr. Godfrey Joachim - Member
• Mr. David Riitho - Member
• Ms. Mary Mbugua - Member
• Mr. James Njogu - Member
• Mr. Silas Maiyo - Secretariat
• Mr. David Mugambi - Secretariat

Conference Scientific Committee

The scientific committee will be in charge of the scientific programme of the conference. They will receive and review abstracts and papers proposed for the conference. Abstracts and conference papers will be sent to abstracts@cuk.ac.ke. The scientific committee will be responsible for the actual running of the scientific sessions and knowledge sharing during and following the conference. The committee will identify a lean and experienced team to manage post-conference production of proceedings. The DVC-CDRI will be an ex-officio member of the Conference Scientific Committee. The committee members are listed below:

• Dr. Monica Nderitu - Chair
• Dr. Michael Ngala - Member
• Prof. Kennedy Waweru - Member
• Prof. Wycliffe Oboka - Member
• Dr. Moses Gweyi - Member
• Prof. Lucy Kiganane - Member
• Dr. Lucy Ngare -Member
• Dr. Godfrey Joachim -Member (MoCU)
• Silas Maiyo - Secretariat

Conference Resource Mobilization Committee

This committee will be in charge of resource mobilization to support the realization of the budget requirements. The committee members are listed below:

• Dr. Moses Gweyi - Chair
• Prof. Kennedy Waweru -Member
• Mr. Zachary Njeru -Member
• Dr. George Matto -Member (MoCU)
• Mr. Victor Wambua - Member
• Ms. Mary Mbugua - Member
• Mr. James Njogu - Member
• Mr. David Riitho -Member
• Mr. David Mugambi -Secretariat

Conference Secretariat

P.O. Box 24814-00502 Karen, Nairobi

Tel: +254 724 311 606

Email: dvc-acdri@cuk.ac.ke / research@cuk.ac.ke

Website: conference.cuk.ac.ke