Peter Kipng'eno Kirui
Peter Kipng'eno Kirui is historian, governance and conflict lecturer/researcher, and the immediate Head of Department of Humanities Department at University of Eldoret, Kenya. Prior to joining academia, he had a short stint (2009-2012) as a humanitarian staff with CARE International in Kenya and Windle Trust International, where he implemented education programmes at Dadaab Refugee Camps in Northeastern Kenya. He has particularly researched on host state refugee politics regarding Somali refugees in Kenya and the Kenya-Somalia relations. He is keen on applied research that seeks to identify problems and provide solutions to real life challenges facing Africa. He has a PhD in Conflict Transformation from University of KwaZulu-Natal and a Master of Governance and Development from the University of Antwerp, where he was the 2018-2019 VLIR-UOS Master Scholar. Further, he holds a Master of Arts in History and B. Ed (Arts), First Class, both from Moi University, Kenya.
Recent publications:
Kirui, PK. (2022). The Kenya-Somalia Historical Relations and the Contemporary Maritime Dispute: Implications for Bilateral Relations and Regional Peace. Africa Amani Journal, 9(1),1-16
Sidwaka, N., Muyaka. J. & Kirui P. (2022). The Role of Mill Hill Missionaries in the Development of Secondary Education in Kisumu County: Nyabondo Boys Secondary School, 1935 to 1985.
Kirui, P. K. (2022). Strengthening economic integration in Eastern Africa: Lessons from History. Publication of Conference Proceedings of the Global Centre for Policy and Strategy(GLOCEPS) Conference, 24th -25th May 2022, Serena Hotel, Nairobi.
Kirui, P. K., Wanyonyi, H. S., & Kutto, N. (2020). Somali Refugee Solutions in Kenya: Challenges of Repatriation and Prospects of Local Integration. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 7(3).
Kirui, P. & S. Francis (2019). Rethinking Somali refugee solutions in Kenya. Forced Migration Review, Issue 62, Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development, Oxford University.