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Personal details

 NAME. KENNETH ANYONA OKEMWA SEX: MALE

DATE OF BIRTH:  18-02-1965 RELIGION: CHRISTIAN NATIONALITY: KENYAN

ADRESS: SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY BOX 4606-30100 ELDORET, KENYA

E-MAIL: okemwaken@mu.ac.ke, okemwaken@gmail.com

MASTER S IN PUBLIC HEALTH (MPHIL) ------MOI UNIVERSITY                                                                                                  

2006 BACHELOR OF DENTAL SURGERY(BDS) UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI                   -  1990

KENYA ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION(KACE)     MANGU HIGH SCHOOL - 1984

KENYA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION-----KAPSABET HIGH SCHOOL  -  1982

KENYA CERTIFICATE OF PRIMARY EDUCATION(CPE)—KITURO PR. SCHOOL         -   1978

SHORT COURSES

Certificate in International Health -----------University of Oslo (Norway)                                                                                                                          June-August 2016

OTHER APPOINTMENTS

2012     Dental consultant             AMPATH Primary Health Care Programme

 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

 OCT. 2008-2019            HEAD,DEP. OF COMMUNITY,PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY AND PERIODONTOLOGY

2002-2005                      HEAD,DEPARTMENT OF DENTAL HEALTH-MOI UNIVERSITRY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Achievements during this period

-Participated in the development of the MBCHB curriculum of the School of Medicine-Moi University

- Successfully Spear -headed the development of the1st BDS curriculum of the School of Dentistry-Moi University

-Spearheaded the development of the plan for starting the School of Dentistry-Moi University

I have effectively participated in teaching medical and Dental students in the college of Health Sciences

1. DR. MWIKALI OMENGE-MPH (Moi University-2013-2015) (completed)
2. DR ABDULLATIF MUHAJI BADRU –MMED Radiology (Moi University)  on-going

1. supervised and continue to supervise several undergraduate students in COBES projects

 UNIVERITY COMMITTEES

1.ASSISTANT CHAIR---- CHS COBES COMMITTEE

2.CHARMAN-SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND NURSING (PDN PROJECT) BUILDING COMMITTEE

1.SCHOOL COBES CORDINATOR

2. PAST COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

3. PSSP COORDINATOR 2007-2012

4.SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE-MEDICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE

5.YEAR COORDINATOR-IST YEAR BDS (2007-20120

6. COURSE COORDINATOR IN SEVERAL BDS COURSES

7.SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE-UNIVERSITY EXHIBITION COMMITTEE

8.SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE-ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

9.UNIVERSITY CONSULTANCY SERVICES COMMITEE

10.SCHOOL CORDINATOR- MOI UNIVERSITY 5^THANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

11. MOI UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE ESTABLISHEMENT OF THE SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY

1.Proposals /collaborations which have attracted funding to the university

1. 1.       SUPPORT AFRICA PROPOSAL

This project lead to the initial supply of 12 dental chairs and other equipment which enabled the school of Dentistry to start training.

Approximate value = KSHS 10 million (10 MILLION)

1. 2.       INDIANA UNIVESITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY COLLOBORATION

This collaboration resulted in donation of several dental equipment and material to the school. It also resulted in a student and staff exchange programme which was partially funded by Indiana University.

There was also a community outreach programme started under this collaboration which involved AMPATH where a dental clinic was set up in Mosoriot Health centre.

1. 3.       DENTIST FOR AFRICA PROJECT

This an ongoing collaboration to the tune of KSHS 5 MILLION which has resulted in equipping the Periodontology clinic with dental chairs, x-ray and other equipment

 1.        Okemwa KA, P Gatongi PM, Rotich JK. The oral health knowledge and   oral hygiene practices among primary school children aged 5-17 years in a rural area of Uuasin Gishu district, Kenya. East African Journal of Public Health.June 2010; vol 7: pp 58-61

2.      Okemw KA, Gatongi P., Rotich JK. The prevalence of Dental caries and the consumption of cariogenic foods in primary school going children in a rural area of UasinGishu district-Kenya. Kenya Journal of Health Sciences .2011. Vol 1.pp 25-27

3.     Okemwa K.A , Kibosia CJ, Nyamagoba H. Instrument sterilization practices in private and public dental practices in Eldoret, Nakuru and Kisumu municipalities in western Kenya—Journal of The Kenya Dental association. Oct-Dec; 2015. Vol 5 No. 4: pp 219-225

4.     Okemwa, kenneth.A,Ruttoh ,simon. Towards adopting an `economic impact’ approach in the classification of the burden of oral diseases: the case of the East African Community countries.    International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology. June 2020;Vol 6, issue 6, pp 215-218.