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Titus Mutwiri

My CV

  • Education:

    PhD (ongoing) at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

  • Qualifications:

    MSc, medical microbiology, BSc Microbiology, Diploma Medical Laboratory Sceinces, Diploma Project management

  • Work History:

    Kenya Methodist University, first as a technical laboratorian, then a graduate fellow and now an assistant lecturer

  • Current Job:

    Assistant Lecturer at Kenya and Graduate Fellow at International Livestock Research Institute

  • About Me:

    I am a univeristy lecturer, a researcher and a mentor

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    I live in Nairobi Kenya with my wife and my two daughters. My daughters are in preliminary grades and we play baseball over the weekend. I also do some speaking at my toastmasters club in Nairobi.

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    My work involves teaching at the University and also doing research at international livestock research institute< i do research on livestock, dogs and humans

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    My typical day is not always uniform, However when I am in the field doing research around 400 km away from Nairobi in the western part of my country i start the day at 4:30 am and drive for 2 hours or less into to counties in the region sometimes to the slaughterhouses to conduct postmortem surveys, sometimes to get samples from dogs in homesteads and conduct interviews in homesteads as i seek to understand the normal relationships between farmers and their animals

  • My Interview

    • How would you describe yourself in 3 words?

      dedicated, diligent, passionate

      What did you want to be after you left school?

      a scientist

      Were you ever in trouble at school?

      rarely once or twice in highschool

      Who is your favourite singer or band?

      Oliver Mtukudzi

      What's your favourite food?

      Roasted potatoes and wet fried Tilapia fish

      If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!

      Adress the United Nations meeting of change making for young people, adress the Presidents of Africa on using science to help achieve food security, See my daughters learn leading universities so as to better learn on how to influence their generation

      Tell us a joke.

      When I was 6 years old I dreamt changing into an insect, getting into the a bakery and eating all the bread therein without being found out.

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