School: School of Education and Social Sciences
Department: Department of Social Sciences
Email Address: emwenzwa@karu.ac.ke, emwenzwa@gmail.com
Area/ Field of specialization: Human Ecology (Gender and Development)
Research Interests: Gender Studies, Dryland Development and Social Science Research
Research Links:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4_TNJdIAAAAJ&hl=en
Dr. Ezekiel Mbitha Mwenzwa is a Lecturer and Head of Department, Department of Social Sciences at Karatina University, Kenya, where he teaches Sociology and Community Development. He holds BA (Social Work) and MA (Sociology), 1999 and 2005 respectively from the University of Nairobi and Doctor of Philosophy (Human Ecology), 2019 from the University of Eldoret, Kenya. He has particular research interests in human ecology of dryland development, gender studies and policy development around the same areas in which he has published widely. His most recent publication is The Potential for Gender-Based Violence among the Eastern Bantu Ethnic Groups of Kenya: Evidence from Oral Literature co-authored with Dr. Pauline Thuku and published by the Journal of Adult Education in Tanzania (JAET) in June 2023
Mwenzwa, E. M. (2024b). Gender and Restorative (In) Justice in the Context of Crime and Punishment among the Akamba Ethnic Group of Kenya. In: Gudhlanga, E. S; C. Chirimuuta & G. Makaudze. (eds). Re-Thinking Indigenous Knowledge Systems in the Contemporary Global Knowledge Discourse: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach. Harare: Zimbabwe Open University. Pp. 61-72.
Mwenzwa, E. M. (2024a). Oral Literature of the Akamba Ethnic Group of Kenya: Instructional Utility by Gender and Age. In: Gudhlanga, E. S; C. Chirimuuta & G. Makaudze. (eds). Re-Thinking Indigenous Knowledge Systems in the Contemporary Global Knowledge Discourse: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach. Harare: Zimbabwe Open University. Pp. 73-82.
Mwenzwa, E. M. (2021). Culture, Physical/Social Distancing and Social Work Interventions in COVID-19 Afflicted Kenya. In: Nhemachena, A; R. Makamani & M. Mukesi (eds). Patrolling Epistemic Borders in a World of Borderless Pandemic: Epistemological Policemen in a COVID-19 Afflicted 21st Century Africa. Bamenda: Langa Research and Publishing CIG. Pp. 253-274
Mwenzwa, E. M & A. M. Rutere. (2021). University Education in Kenya: Gender and Social Protection Challenges and the Way Forward. In: Motsaathebe, G (ed). Education in Africa: Perspectives, Opportunities and Challenges. New York: NOVA Science Publishers, Inc. Pp. 179-191.
Rutere, A. M., E. M. Mwenzwa & M. G. Githigia. (2021). Spotlighting Postgraduate Studies in Kenyan Universities: Strengths, Weaknesses and the Way Forward. In: Motsaathebe, G (ed). Education in Africa: Perspectives, Opportunities and Challenges. New York: NOVA Science Publishers, Inc. Pp. 47-62.
Mwenzwa, E. M & P. W. Thuku. (2023). The Potential for Gender-Based Violence Among the Eastern Bantu Ethnic Groups of Kenya: Evidence from Oral Literature. In: Journal of Adult Education in Tanzania, Vol. 25 (1): 1-16. https://jaet.iae.ac.tz/index.php/adulteducation/article/view/61
Mwenzwa, E. M; G. Cheserek & M. Kiptui. (2018). Gender, Land Ownership and Food Production Nexus in Mbeere Drylands, Kenya: Implications on Household Food Security. In: European Journal of Social Sciences Studies, 3(3), 183-199. ISSN. 2501-8590. https://oapub.org/soc/index.php/EJSSS/article/view/451