Dr. Boniface Muoka

Contact Address: P.O. Box 75641-00200, NAIROBI Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Area of Specialization: Peace and Conflict Studies Department :  Security, Diplomacy and Peace Position : Chairperson    Download Cv

Publications

• Muoka, B. (2018). ‘Looking East: Africa’s Foreign Policy Economic Shift’ in P. G. Okoth, F. K. Matanga & K. Onkware, Peace, Security and Development in 21st Century Africa: Theory and Practice. Nairobi: Finesse Publishing Ltd.
• Muoka, B. (2014). ‘The Failure of Nation State Building and the Development Crisis in Africa’ Kenya Studies Review, Vol. 6, No. 4, Fall.
• Muoka, B. (Upcoming). Enduring 60 Years of Mutually Beneficial Kenya-India Trade And
  Economic Ties. To be published by Journal of Foreign Policy and National Affairs (ISSN:2581-8929).
• Usengy’o M. F. & Muoka, B. (2024). The International Criminal Court and Complementarity in the Kenyan Context: A Critical Analysis of the 2007/2008 Post Election Violence, Journal of African Inter-disciplinary Studies, August 2024, Vol. 8 No. 8, 140-149.
• Jamaa, A. D; Mulu, F & Muoka, B. K. (2024). The Resilience of Indigenous Justice: Xeer and the Challenges of Modernity in Mandera County, Kenya. Journal of African Interdisciplinary Studies, 8(10), 393 – 404.
• Githongo, D. M & Muoka, B. (2024). The African Union as a Peace broker and Implications on Political Stability: An Assessment of its Interventions in Post-Election Crises. Journal of African Interdisciplinary Studies, 8(8), 62 – 70.
• Kinaiya A. P. & Muoka, B. (2022). Global Media and Multilateral Negotiations: Case of Paris Agreement on Climate Change (2015). Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 6(9), 5-16).
• Mosol, G. P. & Muoka, B. (2022). Impact of Alternative Economic Livelihoods in Managing Inter-Ethnic Conflicts in West Pokot County, Kenya (2013-2020). Quest Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science. ISSN (Online): 2321-9467, Volume-10, Issue-5, Series-3, Page.
• Ndung’u, S. K. & Muoka, B. K. (2021). Police Transfers and Job Satisfaction: Case of Nairobi City County, Kenya Public Policy and Administration Research www.iiste.org, ISSN 2224-5731(Paper) ISSN 2225-0972(Online) Vol.11, No.5, 2021.
• Muoka, B. (2018). ‘Looking East: Africa’s Foreign Policy Economic Shift’ in P. G. Okoth, F. K. Matanga & K. Onkware, Peace, Security and Development in 21 st Century Africa: Theory and Practice. Nairobi: Finesse Publishing Ltd.
• Muoka, B. (2014). ‘The Failure of Nation State Building and the Development Crisis in Africa’ Kenya Studies Review, Vol. 6, No. 4, Fall.

Conference Papers

• Peace and Security Architecture of Economic Blocs and Protracted Social Conflicts in Africa: Lessons for East African Community, Gulu University, Uganda, 2 nd – 4 th September 2024.
• Seminar on Regional Integration – How can Universities Contribute to the Process of Regional Integration in East Africa Huye, Rwanda, 27 th February, 2024.
• Regional Integration and the Search for a Working Peace System in East African Community, Huye, Rwanda, 28-29, February 2024. The theme of the international conference ‘The EU, the EAC, and the Role of Regional Integration in African Development’.‘
• The Elusive Quest for National Cohesion and Politics of Reconciliation in Kenya’, presented at the Kenya Scholars and Studies Association (KESSA) -Multimedia University of Kenya Joint International Interdisciplinary Conference, June 22-25, 2016 at Multimedia University of Kenya Hotel.
• ‘Fighting with Shadow: The Dilemma on War on Terrorism’, presented at the Kenya Scholars and Studies Association (KESSA) -Multimedia University of Kenya Joint International Interdisciplinary Conference, June 22-25, 2016 at Multimedia University of Kenya Hotel.
• ‘The Failure of Nation-State Building and the Development Crisis in Africa’ at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa’s (CUEA) Second International Conference on Challenges of Development in Africa, June 25-29, 2013.
• ‘The Colonial Legacy and the 21st Century Politics of Party Formation in Africa: The Kenyan Experience’, presented at the 9th Annual International Conference on Social, Economic and Technological Transformation in the 21st Century which was held at Moi University, Eldoret, between 3rd and 7th September 2013.
• Looking East or West: A Perspective on Kenya on Africa’s Lost Five Decades of
  Development’, presented at the 9th Annual International Conference on Social, Economic and Technological Transformation in the 21st Century which was held at Moi University, Eldoret, between 3rd and 7th September 2013.

Conferences Attended

• December 5, 2024: Conference on the Commemoration of 60 th Anniversary of Kenya’s Diplomatic Journey “60 Years of Kenya’s Diplomacy: The Hits, The Misses and the Lessons”, Chandaria Auditorium, University of Nairobi (Main Campus).
• UNESCO Academic Workshop on Driving Intercultural Outcomes through Digital Skilling Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 7 th - 8 th November, 2024.
• South African Research and Innovation Management virtual conference, August 4 th - 6 th 2020.
• World Conference on Public Relations for Emerging Economies (WCPREE) hosted in KICC, Nairobi, Kenya, November 15 th -18 th , 2015.
• International Conference on Disaster Management and Conflict Resolution in Africa at the Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST), Kakamega, Kenya, September 2012:

Research

• 2017 - 2019: Researcher, KU-KMA joint research on Psychosocial Effects of Operations and Mitigating Strategies for Enhancing Kenya Defence Forces Capabilities.