Isaac Odhiambo Abuya
Nairobi, Kenya
Dr. Isaac Odhiambo-Abuya is a distinguished educator and leader in project management at the University of Nairobi, Kisumu Campus, where he directs academic programs and chairs the Research, Innovation and Enterprise Committee. He is deeply committed to graduate mentorship and advancing the field, having co-founded the university's premier Annual International Conferences in Project Planning & Management and Project Monitoring & Evaluation. He maintains an active membership with the Project Management Institute (PMI).
He has a combined 25 years of experience in teaching both in high schools and universities in Kenya and in managing development projects in the country. He was a Project Director at World Vision Kenya, National Programme Manager at AED/FHI 360, Project Coordinator at ADRA International, Programmes Coordinator at Nyanza Reproductive Health Society(NRHS), and Chief of Staff, Homa Bay County, Kenya. Isaac has also consulted for leading non-governmental organizations in sub-Saharan Africa.
He holds Master and PhD degrees in Project Planning and Management from the University of Nairobi, a Master of Arts degree in Counselling Psychology from Kenyatta University, Kenya and a Bachelor of Education degree (History and Religion majors) from Egerton University, Kenya.
Isaac is also a non-paid Director of Better Futures for Children, an island-based organization (IBO) committed to advancing reading literacy among orphans and vulnerable children in small islands in Kenya’s Lake Vitoria. Isaac is a native resident of Rusinga Island. He is working towards the development of Island Research for Island Development Initiative (IRIDI), to advocate for the translation of research conducted in Kenya’s small islands to support sustainable development of the small islands.
Dr Abuya serves as an Honorary Academic Advisor for the PM World Journal and Library. He can be reached through his email at isaacabuya@yahoo.com or isaac.abuya@uonbi.ac.ke
Updated January 2020