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Her Excellency Judith Mbula Bahemuka, |
| Judith
Mbula Bahemuka was appointed as ambassador in June 2003. She is
a trained Sociologist, whose specialization is rural development,
focusing on poverty reduction through the utilization of farming
systems to provide sustainable livelihoods for rural families.
She has done sizeable work in the area of women and development,
looking at the role of women in agricultural development. Her
work with Agriculture Extension staff, producing training manuals
in Post harvest Systems for small-scale farmers and linking farmers’
knowledge to that of the Extension Personnel has been widely acknowledged.
Mbula Bahemuka worked with the Kenya National Aids Secretariat, being a member of the Education and information Committee since its inception. She supported the WHO 1992/93 Evaluation of HIV/AIDS in Kenya. In 1995/1997 Mbula Bahemuka participated in the preparation for the Sessional Paper on HIV/AIDS chairing the Committee on Women, Children and HIV/AIDS. Internationally, she has worked closely with the Global Partners Project which brings together the Great Lakes Colleges Association; Associated Colleges from the South, and the Association of Colleges of the Midwest. She established the International Learning Center at the University of Nairobi where she was the founder Director since 1998. She holds the UNESCO Chair on Women and Sustainable Development and represents Kenya at the UNESCO Executive Board. Employed by University of Nairobi as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies in 1973, she rose through the ranks and transferred to the Department of Sociology in 1980 as a Senior Lecturer. Between 1994 and 1998 she was the professor and Chairman to the Department of Sociology. She is currently the Chairman to the Social and Human Sciences National Committee at the UNESCO National Commission. Mbula Bahemuka holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marygrove College, Detroit, USA; a Master of Arts and Doctorate in Sociology from Nairobi University; Post Doctorate Certificate in International Agriculture and Rural Development from Cornell University and a Certificate in International Relations from Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota. She holds an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Kalamazoo College in Michigan. |
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