Contact details

Department of Economics

School of Business and Economics (MMUST)

P.O. Box 190-50100

Kakamega, KENYA

 Office no. ABA

Kakamega-Webuye Road

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3253-2189

ResearcherID: AAT-1715-2021

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Dr.Umulkher Ali

Dr.Umulkher Ali is the Director,International Relations and Academic Linkages  and Lecturer at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology.She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education (Economics and Geography), M.A Economics from Masinde Muliro University and a PhD in Economics from Universidad Azteca in Austria. She was awarded 2021 African -German Network of Excellence In Science(Agnes) Junior Female  Researcher Grant By  Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) and the German Ministry of Education and  Research (BMBF).She is a fellow of the UNESCO/Poland co-sponsored fellowship and the recipient of the AGNES junior researcher grant,2017.

She has worked as a research assistant for the Ministry of Tourism and the Retirement Benefits Authority in Kenya and is currently the Co-principle Investigator for the project“Enhancing Adoption of Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies and Innovations through Effective Dissemination and Market Linkages for Improved Livelihoods in Kenya(KCSAP) 2019-2021” funded by the World Bank and the Government of Kenya. She was also the Lead Consultant for the project “Greening Agriculture Value Chain for Sustainable Post-Harvest Losses Management in East Africa Community, 2020”funded by UNESCO. Her research interest is in development economics including development research, policy analysis, financial development, foreign investment, agriculture value chain analysis, gender mainstreaming, political economy and public choice. She has peer reviewed publications including journal articles, a book, a book review and two refereed learning modules. Her academic research ambition is to provide evolving meaningful and optimal solutions to various problems of Africa’s economies through research, dissemination of findings and public policy decision-making. She is a member of Association for the Advancement of African Women Economists (AAAWE), Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) and Kenya DAAD Scholars Association (KDSA).

Some  key published works include: -

1. By Joseph Nasongo , Lydia Wamocha , Edward Khasakhala,Moses Poipoi , Geofrey Musera , Umulkher Ali & Josephat Kemei. The Psychosocial Support offered to Pregnant Teenage Girls and Teenage Mothers in Bungoma County, 2019-2021.Athens Journal of Psychology 2024, 1: 1-12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30958/ajpsy.X-Y-Z. https://www.athensjournals.gr/psychology/2024-5854-AJPSY-Kemei-02.pdf
2. Leonard Momos Juma, Shitseswa E. Ayub,Umulkher Ali. Influence of Organizational Culture on Public Health Service Delivery in County Governments in Western Kenya Region. Published on 11th April 2023 in African Journal of Empirical Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.51867/ajernet4.1.9
3. Leonard Momos Juma, Shitseswa E. Ayub, Umulkher Ali. Influence of Participative Leadership Style on Public Health Service Delivery in County Governments in the Western Kenya Region. Published in 2023 in African Journal of Empirical Research. DOI:https://doi.org/10.51867/ajernet4.1.10
4. Abdillahi, U (2020) Use of Electronic Resources by Postgraduate Students during Covid-19 Pandemic: Case of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, In Kenya. World Journal of Innovative Research. (WJIR)ISSN: 2454-8236, Volume-9, Issue-5, November 2020 PP 62-66.
5. Abdillahi and Munir, M (2020) Greening Agriculture Value Chain for Sustainable Post-Harvest Losses Management(Open Education Resource) (Published on MMUST Learning management System(LMS)https://elearning.mmust.ac.ke/course/view.php?id=2793.Funded By UNESCO-UNEVOC)
6. Munir, M and Abdillahi, U (2019) Corporate Environmental Disclosure Practices in Kenya. International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation(IJRSI).,Vol 7.No.5 (ISSN Website: www.ijsrm.in ISSN (e): 2321-3418 Index Copernicus value (2016): 93.67, (2017):89.90, DOI: 10.18535/ijsrm/v7i5.em04
7. Abdillahi, U.,& Munir, M. (2017) Impact of Trade Openness on Economic Growth In Kenya.  Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, Vol .5 No.6.(ISSN 23480386)
8. Munir, M., Abdillahi, U., Wanyama, K., &Simiyu, J. (2016): ‘Effect of Business Financing on the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Lurambi Sub-County, Kenya’ European Journal of Business Management, Vol (8), No. 2, pp:1-21,(ISSN Print: 2222-1905)
9. Ngala, C., Odebero, S., Abdillahi, U., & Mungai. , A. (2015) Developmental Issues and Concepts as Applied to Modern Economics. Kenya Journal Of Educational Planning, Economics & Management .Vol. 9, No 1, April 2015. (ISSN NO. 2074 -5400)
10. Abdillahi, U., Byaruhanga, K,J.,& Wesonga, M.J.(2014)The Effect of Women Enterprise Fund Programme on Women’s Economic Empowerment in Kakamega County, Kenya. Journal of Science Technology and Management. Vol.6 Nos.1&2( ISSN 1991-2889)
11. Abdillahi, U, and Munir, M, (2013): ‘Board Gender Diversity and Performance of Listed Commercial Banks in Kenya’, International Journal of Research in Commerce, Economics & Management, Volume. 3, No. 3, March 2013, pp.159-165, http://ijrcm.org.in/download.php?name=ijrcm-3-Evol-3_issue-3.. (ISSN 2231-4245)

Project Research and Innovation Projects

Consultancy

• June-August 2021: DEVELOPING SOMALI TECHNICAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM UNDER THE EUROPEAN UNION AND MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND HIGHER EDUCATION (MoECHE) – (ADRA-Adventist Development and Relief Agency. ALIGHT-Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief Organisation)Funding: European Union

• March-September,2020 First UNESCO-UNEVOC Global OER Grant Programme
  GREENING AGRICULTURE  VALUE CHAIN FORSUSTAINABLE POST-HARVEST LOSSES   MANAGEMENT IN EAST AFRICA COMMUNITY.
  Funding: UNESCO

• 11th -14 September 2015: Capacity Building and Training
  THE SECOND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP FOR BUNGOMA COUNTY BUDGET AND ECONOMIC FORUM MEMBERS HELD AT HOTEL ITOYA, BUSIA
  Presenter and facilitator on  “Gender Mainstreaming in Disaster Management in Bungoma County.”
  Funding: County Government of Bungoma

 

Awards

• 2021: AFRICAN -GERMAN NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE (AGNES) JUNIOR FEMALE RESEARCHER GRANT Funding Body: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) and the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

• 2017: AFRICAN -GERMAN NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE(AGNES)JUNIOR RESEARCHER GRANT Funding: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) and the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

• 2016/2017: UNESCO/POLAND Co-sponsored fellowship programme 2^nd October,2016-31^st March 2017 at AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow Poland. Funding:    UNESCO/AGH University of Science and Technology,  in Krakow Poland.

• 2013:Small Grants for Thesis Writing-M.A Economics Funding: Council for the Development of Social Research in Africa (CODESRIA)

• 2013: Training Programs and Labor Markets in Africa: Evidence and Policy Lessons Funding: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) /DFID

• 2010-2012: Graduate School Scholarship -Deutscher Akadamischer Austauscdienst (DAAD). Funding: DAAD

Funding for training

 

• November, 2020-September,2021 Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Gender Programme Grant ENHANCING GENDER RESPONSIVE PROCUREMENT FOR INCLUSIVITY AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN KIBABII UNIVERSITY, KENYA. Funding: Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)

 

Research

• 2020/2021: ADOPTION OF BEST PRACTICES FOR A SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE FOOD SYSTEM TO ACHIEVE HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY IN ADAPTATION TO COVID-19 IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY.
  Funding: Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

• 2020/2021:ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TOWARDS INCLUSIVE ACCESS AND INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING TO E-LEARNING EDUCATION IN MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSTITY OF SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY
  Funding: Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

• 2020/2021: EFFECT OF COVID-19 PREVENTION AND MITIGATION MEASURES ON THE FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN KENYA
  Funding: Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

• 2020/2021: ASSESSMENT OF OPERATIONS AND FUNCTIONS IN MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY TOWARDS CARBON MANAGEMENT AND TRANSFORMATION INTO AGREEN AND SUSTAINABLE UNIVERSITY
  Funding: Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

• 2020/2021: BUILDING A RESILIENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN KENYA
  Funding Body: Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

• 2019-2021: ENHANCING ADOPTION OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATIONS THROUGH EFFECTIVE DISSEMINATION AND MARKET LINKAGES FOR IMPROVED LIVELIHOODS IN KENYA.(Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project-KCSAP)
  Funding : World Bank/Government of Kenya