1. KEVIN KINUSU KINYANGI
PO Box 36940-00200, Nairobi, Kenya - Cell: +254-725-685-864 - Email: kevinkinusu@gmail.com - Skype: kevin.kinyangi
Personal Profile
Highly Motivated Program Manager, with over five years of experience in program management,
organizational development, and policy change advocacy work. Strong drive to apply myself in ventures
that seek to uplift and empower the BOP, coupled with a personal conviction of life-long learning of
dynamics around building social change through equity and justice. I am proactive in promoting team
progress for organizational success.
Area of Expertise
 Strategic planning
 Partnership Building
 Policy advocacy
 Public Relations
 Competitive Analysis
 Negotiation Tactics
 Budget Monitoring
 Network management
 Business plans development
 Special Events Planning
 Proposal development
 Government relations
Programme management experience
 Working knowledge in managing a transparency and accountability for social change programme,
currently managing a programme funded by IFAD on building trade transparency between
middlemen, small scale farmers and the market in agricultural value chains in East Africa, this is
aimed at improving the incomes and competitive participation of farmers in trade.
 Working knowledge in advocacy strategy development for Non state actors (NSA’s); facilitated
development of NSA’s advocacy strategy to influence Renewable Energy development in Tanzania,
Uganda and Kenya. (2013/14)
 Working knowledge in contract management; I am currently managing partner contracts for
advocacy projects with ten (10) organisations across the East Africa Region
 Working knowledge in Policy development, negotiations and Policy advocacy work; Co-chaired the
Kenya Climate Change Working Group (KCCWG) Draft Climate Change Bill Task Force (2009-
2012)
 Working knowledge on consortium based advocacy work; worked under the ECHO Consortium
comprised of Oxfam GB, ACTED, Concern Worldwide, VSF B, VSF Suisse and VSF Germany, as
the advocacy technical lead for the consortium for 1 year 2012/13
 Working knowledge in designing community based advocacy strategy and action planning processes;
designed and commissioned an advocacy training and action planning process for 126 locations in 9
ASAL counties of Kenya including, Isiolo, Mandera, Turkana, Marsabit, Moyale, Garissa, Wajir,
Baringo, Pokot and Samburu under the ECHO funded Strengthening Resilience and Emergency
Preparedness in Arid Lands of Kenya (La Nina III) project 2012/13.
 Working knowledge in mobilization, sensitization and training of rural cross gender and gender
segregated groups; Under the Kenya Agricultural Productivity and Agribusiness Project in Wajir
County, I mobilised and trained 60 small holder farmer groups in 12 districts of Wajir (2011)
 Working knowledge in community participatory planning and advocacy approaches; planned and
executed 19 community based climate change hearings and barazas, towards development of the

2. KEVIN KINUSU KINYANGI
Kenya Draft Climate Change Bill (2010- 2012)
 Working knowledge in institutional development and structuring; managed the formation and
institutionalisation of the National Potato Council of Kenya,-NPCK (2010-2012)
 Working knowledge in mobilizing and organizing stakeholder meetings and workshops;
Experience gained as the Programme officer NPCK, during the formation of the National Potato
Council of Kenya (NPCK) 2011
 Working knowledge in organizing and managing project inception and validation processes;
organized and facilitated the inception workshops for priority value chain analysis for youth
empowerment programme for Turkana North and Turkana Central Districts (UNDP project
consultant 2011)
 Working experience in development and execution of M&E systems for renewable energy access
and climate resilience building projects covering multiple countries in East Africa, and counties in
Kenya (Outcome mapping approach in a climate resilience IDRC project 2010)
Professional Experience
Organisational
development,
leadership and
Team building
 From 2015, I have led setting up of a regional hub in East Africa for techfortrade- a UK
charity
 Facilitated the formalisation process of NPCK and supported the board to put up leadership
and management structures, led development of terms of reference and recruitment of staff
within one year.
 Built a team from one to five staff members for the newly formed National Potato Council
of Kenya (NPCK), a company limited by guarantee.
 As an associate director in charge of public relations, marketing and organisational
development, I set up organisational and operations structures for Mystica Designs and
associate, a company which has grown over the years since 2006, one key success was
winning the landscaping sub contractor position for the Thika-Nairobi Super highway
 Facilitated and developed profiles for three agricultural commodity associations, including
Barley Growers Association of Kenya (BGAK), Tree Farmers Association of Kenya
(TFAK), and National Community Forest Association (NACOFA)
 Chaired the team building committee for Oxfam GB Kenya program comprising a hundred
and fifty employees
Strategic
planning:
Experience in facilitation and drafting of corporate, public organisations and non-governmental
organisations strategic plans. Developed strategic plan (SP) for;
 Lead development of techfortrade Open Book Trading business plan 2016-2020
 National potato council of Kenya, SP 2012-2017
 Association of Mushroom Dealers and Growers , SP 2015-2017
Programme management experience

3. KEVIN KINUSU KINYANGI
 Kenya Climate Change Working Group, 2015-2017
 Huria Investment Company Ltd, 2012-2014
 Parliamentary committee on Energy and ICT- National Assembly of Kenya, SP 2015-2017
Partnership
development :
I have successfully been engaged in partnership development, in my practice working in the NGO
world, including;
 Facilitation of contract farming relationship between Deepa Industries and 60 farmers in
Bomet for potato supply, in my time as coordinator of the Potato Council of Kenya
 Developed working relations between Hivos and; the Kenya Climate Innovation Centre,
Civil Society Budget Analysis Group-Uganda, Kenya Women Parliamentarians
Association, Kenya Bureau of Standards, and State University of New York- Kenya.
 Initiated and managed partnerships between Kenya National Farmers Federation
(KENAFF) and KARI on an agricultural productivity and climate change project funded by
IDRC;
Policy
Advocacy and
government
relations:
I have been engaged in policy dialogues, development, reviews in Kenya and East Africa;
 Chaired national policy and legislation development formations; I was chair of the Climate
Change Bill task force formed of private and public organisations in Kenya.
 Worked as policy and advocacy officer for international NGO’s including Oxfam GB and
Hivos Foundation
Budget
management:
I have practical experience in budget development, monitoring and execution
 Managed programmes from 27 million KES at national level and regional programmes
with a budget to the tune of 2 million Euros.
 Budget management audit for my program work in Oxfam GB by PWC was found to be
with no audit or donor queries.
Corporate
Leadership:
Involved in corporate leadership in the field s of construction, and agriculture sectors
 Board chair of a growing construction company, Truprage Construction Limited,
established three years ago by six young Kenyan graduates under my leadership.
 Associate director for Mystica designs and associates for three years from 2006
 First program coordinator for National Potato Council of Kenya, a company limited by
guarantee
Professional Development and Training
 Integrated Agricultural Research for Development (IAR4D) - :SUCAPRI Project, 2011
 Value Chain Development, Value Links and Organizational
Development
:Agric and Co-operative Training and
Consultancy Services Ltd (ATC) , 2011
 Scenario Planning and development - Climate Change impact on
Food Security, Environment and Livelihood scenarios for EA;
CCAFS program, CGIAR, 2010

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 Strategic planning (ABCDE planning model) :Online training , 2010
 Project Planning Monitoring and Evaluation :Kenyatta university, 2007
 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment :Kenyatta University, 2007
Previous Professional Employment Experience
Education
Community Service
Chairman :
Courageous
Group
This is an initiative I lead consisting of a group of young professional graduates from different
universities established to offer mentorship and motivational programmes for High School students
in the rural parts of Kenya.
Referees
Dr. John Kanyuithia Mutunga
CEO KENAFF
PO BOX 43148-00100 Nairobi,
Kenya
Email; jkmutunga@gmail.com
Web: www.kenfap.org
Cell: +254 721 222 828
Mr. Jean Marc Sika
Green Energy Program Manager,
Hivos
P.O. Box 19875-002002, Nairobi,
Kenya
Email; jmsika@hivos.or.ke
Web: https://east-africa.hivos.org/
Cell: +254 736 064 109
Elizabeth Mueni
National Campaigns and Policy
Advisor
OXFAM GB
PO Box 40680-00100, Nairobi,
Kenya
Email: Emueni@oxfam.org.uk
Cell: +254 722 835 908
 Regional Director East Africa
 Climate and Energy Advocacy Coordinator East Africa
:Techfortrade-Current
:Hivos East Africa
 Programme Officer Climate Change :OXFAM GB -May 2012- Aug 2013
 Program Officer Climate Change :KENAFF -June.2010 – April 2012
 Executive assistant to CEO :KENAFF -2009
 Master of Climate Change Adaptation (MCCA)-Climate
Risk Management and Food Security
:Institute of Climate Change and
Adaptation, UoN
 Bachelors of Environmental Studies and Community
Development (Hons)
:Kenyatta University-December 2010
 Certificate in Professional Ethics : Strathmore University- September 2003