CURRICULUM VITAE

PART A: BIOGRAPHICAL DATA

NAME: MAGERO PATRICK LEO KAMAU

ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 10212 -00200
NAIROBI-KENYA
TEL: +254 724 517 238
E-MAIL: kamauleo@yahoo.com
Kamauleo@amaniafrika.org

CITIZENSHIP: KENYAN.
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1979.
PLACE OF BIRTH: KISII.
RELIGION: CHRISTIAN
MARITAL STATUS: SINGLE
LANGUAGES: English, Kiswahili and Kisii.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:
Dynamic and hardworking with minimum supervision. Able to meet strict deadlines.
Believes in professionalism and high quality performance. Quick learner and willing to
put what has been learned into practice. Willing to travel within a short notice.

AREAS OF INTEREST RESEARCH AND CONSULTING

Democracy, International Relations, Diplomacy, Human Rights, Conflict and Peace
Analysis, Arms Control, and State, Regional and Human Security, African Culture and
Religion.

PART B: ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

March 2008 University for Peace Africa Programme – Peace Research in Africa
Training.
From July 2007 University of Nairobi – Ph.D Candidate (Armed Conflict and Peace
Studies).
Dec. 2006 University of Nairobi (Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies) -
Masters of Arts (International Studies). Thesis: An Analysis of the Cross-Border Effects
of Rwandese Refugees on Political Conflicts in the Great Lakes Region (1959-2000)
Sept 2003 Pontifical Urbaniana University, Rome - Bachelors of Philosophy.
May 2003 Consolata Institute of Philosophy, Nairobi, - Diploma in Philosophy
and Religious studies.
May 2001 Apostles of Jesus Philosophicum, Nairobi - Philosophical, Religious
and Cultural studies.
Oct. 2003 Pitman certificate in English (ESOL).
Aug 2002 Cambridge International College, UK - Diploma in Human Resource
(Personnel) Management.
2000-2001 St. Camillus Seminary-Nairobi, Computer packages (Microsoft Office
Suite).

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Nov. 1997 Sameta Secondary School - Kenya Certificate of Secondary
Education.
Nov. 1993 Nduru Primary school - Kenya Certificate of Primary Education.

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH AWARDS

March 2008 Recipient of the University for Peace and IDRC (UPEACE-IDRC)
Doctoral Fellowship
March 2008 University for Peace - Certificate in Peace Research
2007 Catholic University of Eastern Africa – Certificate in Peace Research

PART C: EMPLOYMENT, EXPERIENCE, ETC

April 2008 to June 2008 Research Assistant (Horn of Africa and Southern Africa
Conflict Systems) – International Crisis Group (ICG), Nairobi Office (ICG works to
prevent conflict worldwide)
March 2008 External Examiner at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa,
Tangaza College - Institute of Social Ministry.
2004-2008 Research Consultancies to organizations like PeaceNet-Kenya, South
Mugirango Constituency Development, African Peace Forum (APFO), and Embassy of
Sudan. (Areas of consultancy; democracy, international relations, diplomacy, human
rights, conflict analysis, international conflict, arms control, and regional and human
security, African culture and religion.)
Dec 2007 Co-founded Impact Resources – A Conflict Resource Consulting
Firm. Program Administrator and Researcher
March 2007 Co-founded South Mugirango Youth Resource Centre
(SMYRC) to champion constructive youth engagement in development in South
Mugirango Constituency. Peace Educator and Project Coordinator.
May 2006 to Present Research Assistant at Maryknoll Institute of African Studies
of St Mary’s University of Minnesota and Tangaza College-Nairobi (MIASMU).
2000 – 2004 Social Worker and Administrative Assistant with the Camillian Fathers
NGOs and Hospitals.
1998-1999 Taught at Matangamano primary school in Gucha district.

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS:

Catholic University of Eastern Africa Religious Interests in Peace and Community
Preservation: Towards an Architecture of Conscious Inter-Religious Dialogue for Peace
and Reconciliation (2008 in Press)
Peacenet-Kenya Trust An assessment of the causes and dynamics of the Mt. Elgon
conflict. (2008 Forthcoming)
Peacenet-Kenya Trust Towards National Reconstruction (A Survey of the 2007
Post Election violence: Coastal Region) (2008 in Press)
The Catholic University of Eastern Africa Obstacles to Peace in Africa: Actors,
Interests and Strategies (2007 in Press)
Gaba Publication and Moi University The Catholic Church in the Mission of Building
Peace and Reconciliation in Kenya: Strategies, Challenges and Prospects (2008).

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Egerton University (FASS) and the Historical Association of Kenya (HAK) The
Kenyan Foreign Policy 1963-2007: The Changing Nature and its Diplomatic
Implications. (2008 in Press)
Consolata Institute of Philosophy Affiliated to Pontifical Urbaniana University-
Rome, Legitimacy of Power, Authority and Governance: A Critical Appraisal of
Multiparty Electoral Politics in Kenya. (2008)
British Institute in Eastern Africa Conference on Leisure in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Colonial and Post-Colonial Transformations. Globalization of Leisure and Societal
Security in the Coastal Region of Kenya. (2008)

WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS ATTENDED:

March 2002 Corruption and Moral Decay in Contemporary Africa, St. Camillus
Seminary-Nairobi by Prof J. Bahemuka
March 2003 African Culture in Modern Days, St. Camillus Seminary-Nairobi by Prof
M. Getui
2006-2007 The Political and Economic Situation in Kenya, Maryknoll Institute of
African Studies- Tangaza College-Nairobi by Prof. Anyang Nyong, Prof. P. Achola, Dr. K
Kindiki and Mr. A. Nambwanba and Prof. W. Oyugi
June 2007 forDIA, PeSeNet and UDSM-PSPA,Research Training on Understanding
Obstacles to Peace in the Great Lakes Region: Actors, Interests and Strategies, Dar Es
Salaam.

PART D. REFEREES:
1. PROF. FR. RAPHAEL WANJOHI
DIRECTOR PROLIFE-KENYA
P.O. BOX 416 GPO-NAIROBI
TEL: +254 -20-559411.
CELLPHONE: +254 722 820 464
E-MAIL: rwanjohi@wananchi.com

2. PROF. GODFREY MURIUKI

PROFESSOR HISTORY, CONFLICT & PEACE STUDIES
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY – UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
P.O. BOX 30197-00100, NAIROBI - KENYA
TEL: (020) 318262
E-MAIL: gmuriuki@wananchi.com

3. DR. GEORGE GONA

LECTURER HISTORY, CONFLICT & PEACE STUDIES-
UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
P.O. BOX 30197-00100, NAIROBI - KENYA
TEL: +254 722 670 485
E-MAIL: georgegona@hotmail.com