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DR Mary Wangari Mutiga

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Lecturer
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Division / Faculty
Faculty of Education and Community Development Studies
Directorate / Dept
Department of Applied Community Development Studies
Section
Community Development
SUMMARY

Dr. Mary Mutiga is an educator and a community development expert. With a wealth of experience in working with communities, non-governmental organizations, education sector and teaching community development related courses. She has great passion in education, community engagement, leadership in community development, community development consultancy and sustainable community development outreach through innovation, agriculture and entrepreneurship.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
  • PhD in Community Studies and Extension (Egerton University)
  • Master of Arts in Rural Sociology and Community Development (The University of Nairobi)
  • Bachelor of Education Science (Egerton University)
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

Education, project management, monitoring and evaluation, community engagement, farming systems for sustainable community development Innovations and Community Development.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
  1. Global Social Entrepreneurship - Philanthropy University, USA -On going
  2. Establishing an Innovation Hub - Kabarak University, Kenya - 2023
  3. Introduction to Innovation - Kabarak University, Kenya -2023
  4. Food System Transformation - Wageningen University, Netherlands-2023
  5. Stakeholder Engagement Strategy - Philanthropy University USA - 2023
  6. Personal Mastery and Soft Skills – Egerton University, Kenya - 2021
  7. Scientific Writing and Publishing – Egerton University, Kenya -2021
  8. Fundamentals of Project Management - Philanthropy University USA- 2020
  9. Planning for Monitoring and Evaluation - Philanthropy University USA-2020
  10. Trained in Computer Packages Petcom College of Professionals, Nyeri - 2007

 

WORK EXPERIENCE
  • January 2024- Present

Lecturer at Egerton University (Community Development)

  • March 2019-December 2023

Part Time Lecturer at Egerton University (Community Development)

  • July 2011- July 2018

Program Manager at Project 82 Kenya

 

KEY PROJECTS
  1. Reinforcing the ICT4Ag Resource Base for CTA – Subject Area I: Why Invest in ICTs for Agriculture. The potential of ICT in Agriculture. Documentation contract by The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) 2016.
  2. The Role of Farming Mobile Applications in Community Development: The Case of M-Farm in Kinangop District, Kenya. Documentation contract by The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) 2013.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
  1. Community Engagement
  2. Sustainable Community Development
  3. Artificial Intelligence
  4. Information Communication and Technology
  5. Gender and Development
  6. Education
  7. Agriculture
  8. Non-governmental Organizations
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

  1. Mutiga, M. W. (2025). Artificial Intelligence for Community Engagement in Africa. SDRI Publications, 1(1), 96-110. https://doi.org/10.64553/VNGM3464

  2. Mutiga, M. W. (2025). Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Community Development in Africa. SDRI Publications, 1(1), 123-137. https://doi.org/10.64553/GLAH7810

  3. M.W. Mutiga,M.M. Mutuku, L.N. Kinuthia and A. A. Olubandwa, “Influence of Non-Governmental Organizations’ Financial Interventions on Community Empowerment.” International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) volume-6-issue-12,pp.170-179December 2022  URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/Digital-Library/volume-6-issue-12/170-179.pdf
  4. M.W. Mutiga,M.M. Mutuku, A. Olubandwa, and L.N. Kinuthia “The Influence of Non-Governmental Organizations’ Character-Building Education Interventions on Community Empowerment” International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) volume-6-issue-9, pp.812-818 September 2022 URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/Digital-Library/volume-6-issue-9/812-818.pdf
  5. M.W. Mutiga, M.M. Mutuku, L.N. Kinuthia, and A. Olubandwa. The Influence of Non-Governmental Organizations’ Capacity Development Education Interventions on Community Empowerment in Nakuru County, Kenya International Journal of Humanities Social Science and Management (IJHSSM) Volume 2, Issue 4, Sep.-Oct. 2022, pp: 257-264

  6. Mutiga, M., Mutuku, M., Olubandwa, A. and Kinuthia, L. (2022) “The Influence of Non-Governmental Organizations’ Education Interventions on Community Empowerment in Nakuru County, Kenya”, Egerton University International Conference. Available at: https://conferences.egerton.ac.ke/index.php/euc/article/view/179

  7. Moses M Thiga, Simon N. Ndungu & Mary W. Mutiga (2018). Why Invest in ICT’s in Agriculture? Potential for Investment in ICT’s for Agriculture The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) ISBN: 978-92-9081-640-9   

  8. Mutiga, M.W., Ndogo, S. N., & Thiga, M.M. (2014). How Apps Impact Farming Communities. ICT Update, Issue 77, pp 18 – 19. http://ictupdate.cta.int/Feature-Articles/How-apps-impact-farming-communities/(77)/1400182160
TEACHING AREAS
  • Introduction to Community Development
  • Introduction to Development Studies
  • Community Organizations
  • Community Mobilization
  • Communication Technology in Human Ecology
  • Group and Community Dynamics
  • Leadership in Development
  • Project Planning and Management
  • Technology and Community Development
  • Project Implementation and Evaluation
  • Community Development Consultancy
  • Community Development Outreach

 

POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION
MASTERS LEVEL :

Milkah Mulau-On going

OTHER SOCIETIES
  1. International Association of Community Development
  2. Kenya Institute of Social Work and Community Development
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