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Expert Details

Urban Planning, Resilience & GIS Analysis

ID: 737805 Kenya

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Expert a progressive Urban Planner and Resilience Expert with 10 years of experience. He has in-depth knowledge in Urban Planning, Risk-Sensitive Urban and Regional Planning, Urban Resilience strategies, Resettlement Action Planning, Spatial Risk and Vulnerability Assessment, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, Policy Analysis, Urban Governance, Mixed Methods Research, Participatory Planning, Resettlement Action Planning, and Environmental Management. He is a team player, a good communicator who blends well with stakeholders.

Expert has worked for the public, private firms and UN-HABITAT in Kenya. He is a member of the Kenya Institute of Planners, and United Nations Planners for Climate Change (P4CA) affiliate.

He holds an MSc in Urban Management and Development (Specialization: Urban Environment, Sustainability, and Climate Change), from Erasmus University Rotterdam; an MSc in Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (for Urban Planning and Management) from ITC, University of Twente, and a Bachelors in Urban & Regional Planning, from the University of Nairobi.

He has additional qualifications in Urban Upgrading for Inclusion, Sustainability and Resilience in a time of Global Pandemics at World Bank Open Learning Campus, and Climate Governance, Diplomacy and Negotiations Leadership at The African Group of Negotiators Expert Support (AGNES)

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 2019 Degree: MSc Subject: Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing (for Urban Planning and Management) Institution: University of Twente
Year: 2017 Degree: MSc Subject: Urban Environment, Sustainability and Climate Change Institution: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Year: 2011 Degree: BA Subject: Urban and Regional Planning Institution: University of Nairobi

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2022 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Senior Urban Planner & Resilience Specialist Department: Urban and Regional Planning
Responsibilities:
- Ensure that all activities in the Planning Department are running well.
- Managing and supervising all staff on his team.
- Preparation of County Physical Development Plan
- Preparation of action plans for specific projects such as residential housing schemes, shopping Centres, industrial estates and recreational facilities.
- Providing advice to government and private agencies on development proposals and plans.
- Preparation of Capital Investment Plans.
- Preparation of monitoring and evaluation framework.
- Providing interpretation of physical planning guidelines.
- Undertaking thematic regional studies on matters relating to planning.
- Managing physical planning data.
- Providing guidance on development control.
- Carrying out public education on physical planning matters.
- Preparation of field budgets & estimates and establishment of field requirements (manpower, equipment etc.)
- Providing periodic updates of project progress, challenges, and gaps.
- Preparation of Urban Resilience Strategies
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2014 to 2021 Employer: University of Nairobi Enterprises Ltd Title: Urban Planner and Researcher Department: Consultancy
Responsibilities:
Roles include Urban Planning, Policy Analysis, Human Settlements Planning, Urban Governance, Spatial Resilience, Mixed Methods Research, Participatory Planning, Resettlement Action Planning, Environmental Management, Smart & Eco-cities planning.

Outputs: County Spatial Plans, Integrated Strategic Urban Development Plans, Zoning Plans, Policy Formulation, Development Control, and Advocacy Planning.

Government Experience

Years Agency Role Description
Years: 2015 to 2016 Agency: Industrial and Commerncial Development Corporation Role: Urban Planning Consultant Description: Project: Consultancy Services for the Master Planning Design and Documentation of a Proposed Eldoret Eco-Industrial Park on BLOCK15/1757, Eldoret Municipality
Client: Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC), Kenya
Project Description:
Kenya’s Vision 2030 aims at promoting the country to become a middle-income, manufacturing and food-secure nation. Thus, Vision 2030 has key proposed pilot projects to enhance productivity and job creation. The Eldoret Industrial Park happens to be one of these proposals. As a pioneer industrial park in Kenya, it was planned based on salient eco-design principles that included green architecture and industrial symbiosis.
Urban Planner/Project Assistant
Roles:
- Inception report preparation
- Assisted in Technical coordination.
- Trained and oversaw work done by the project Assistants.
- Prepared research instruments and methodological approach.
- Led the conceptualization of the Industrial Park Master Plan
- Prepared the Eco-Industrial Park Land Use Plan.
- Assisted in the Preparation of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)for the Industrial Park
Years: 2022 to Present Agency: Ministry of Lands, Public Words, Housing & Urban Development, State Department For Housing and Urban Development, Urban Development Department (UDD) Role: Consultant Description: Project: Consultancy assignment for the Development of Urban Resilience Strategies for five selected cities in Kenya, namely: Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, and Eldoret.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Project inception and initiation
- Stakeholder mapping and engagement
- Data collection and analysis
- Resilience measurement and assessment
- Carrying out diagnostics at the citywide and communitywide levels
- Prioritization of resilience issues
- Identification of strategic actions and the development of a roadmap to implementation of the urban resilience strategies
- Monitoring and evaluation of strategy implementation

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 2018 to 2018 Country / Region: Rwanda Summary: Conducted his University of Twente Master's thesis fieldwork in Kigali City.
Years: 2017 to 2016 Country / Region: Kosova Summary: Conducted Erasmus University Rotterdam Master's thesis fieldwork in Pristina City.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
-Affiliate Researcher to Un-Habitat’s Planners for Climate Change Action (P4CA).-2021
-Member Kenya Institute of Planners (0444G)-2015
Licenses / Certifications
2021, Urban Upgrading for Inclusion, Sustainability and Resilience in a time of Global Pandemics, World Bank Group
2021-Climate Governance, Diplomacy, And Negotiations LeadershipClimate Governance, Diplomacy And Negotiations Leadership at African Group of Negotiators Expert Support (AGNES)
2017, Urban Management for Gren and Smart Cities-University of Pristina
2016-Project Management Simplified-Linkedin
Awards / Recognition
Awarded a full Netherlands Fellowship Scholarship to study at ITC, University of Twente
Awarded Erasmus plus exchange program and Summer School to University of Pristina, Kosovo
Awarded a full Netherlands Fellowship Scholarship to study at IHS, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Awarded a First Class Honours for my undergraduate study at University of Nairobi
Publications and Patents Summary
Publications/reports: 2
Submitted Manuscripts: 1

Additional Experience

Training / Seminars
2022: 1st Annual Urban and Regional Planning Conference (URPC) 2022
Theme: Rethinking of Planning and Management of Rapid Urbanization Trends in Achieving Sustainable Development in Africa

Dec 2015: The Kenya Institute of Planners (KIP) third annual conference at Machakos County Headquarters to deliberate on Urbanization and planning under devolved governance systems in Kenya

July 2012: East Africa Regional Conference on Approaches to Informal Settlement Upgrading at Panafric Hotel, Nairobi

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
English Fluent
Swahili Native

Fields of Expertise

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