Contact Information
Name: Prof. Collins Ogutu Miruka, Ph.D.
Position: Deputy Vice Chancellor, Administration, Finance, Planning, and Development (AFP&D)
Education Background
Academic Appointments/ Related Experience
Level | Qualification Name | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) | Ph.D. in Public and Development Management | University of the Witwatersrand | 2007 |
Masters | Master of Management | University of the Witwatersrand | 2004 |
Bachelors | Bachelor of Science (Civil Engineering) | University of Nairobi | 1997 |
Period | Institution | Position |
|---|---|---|
June 2025 - To Date | Tharaka University | Full Professor |
March 2022 - February 2025 | The Technical University of Kenya | Full Professor |
June 2017 - May 2019 | Sol Plaatje University, South Africa | Full Professor |
April 2016 – May 2017 | Vaal University of Technology, South Africa | Full Professor |
April 2010 – March 2016 | North-West University, South Africa | Full Professor |
February 2008 – March 2010 | Walter Sisulu University of Science and Technology, South Africa | Lecturer |
June 2005 – December 2010 | University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. | Sessional Lecturer |
Administrative Experience
Period | Institution | Position |
|---|---|---|
June 2025 - To Date | Tharaka University | Deputy Vice Chancellor - Administration, Finance, Planning, and Development (AFP&D) |
April – June 2024 | Technical University of Kenya | Chairperson, University Risk Assessment Committee |
2023 - To Date | Magunga Secondary School | Board of Management Members |
2023 - To Date | Kabondo Mixed Secondary School | Board of Management Member |
2023 | Katito Pap Onditi Municipality | Board Chairman |
2023 | National Construction Authority of Kenya | Industry Expert Consultant |
2023 - May 2025 | Technical University of Kenya | Member, Directorate of TVET |
March 2022 - February 2025 | Technical University of Kenya | Director, School of Business and Management Studies |
June 2019 – February 2022 | OPECS (East African Region) | Chief Executive Officer |
June 2017 – May 2019 | Sol Plaatje University, South Africa | Dean, School of Economic and Management Sciences |
April 2016 – May 2017 | Vaal University of Technology, South Africa | Research Director, Faculty of Human Sciences |
2016 | Masinde Muliro University of Technology | Lead Consultant |
2014 | School of Business and Leadership at MMUST | Lead Consultant |
2012-2013 | North West Provincial Department of Health | Leadership Development Consultant |
April 2010 – March 2016 | North-West University, South Africa | Head of Section, Project Management |
January 1998 – December 2000 | Sullivan Associates Kenya | Project Consultant |
July 1997 – December 1998 | Mentor Management Kenya | Project Manager |
Research Publications
Research Title | Online Link | Year |
|---|---|---|
Magoma, G. O., Aburili, K., Gariy, Z. O. & Miruka, C. O.‘Impact Of Building Information Modeling On Project Overruns In Nairobi AEC Firms,’ World Journal of Engineering Research and Technology, Volume 9, Issue 2, pp. 70 – 90. | 2023 | |
Miruka, C. O. ‘New Beginnings: A Fresh Impetus for Green Consumption in Kenya,’ Management, January Issue, pp. 14 – 15. |
| 2023 |
Barmoh, A. B., Koteng, D. O. & Miruka, C. O. ‘Influence of Partial Replacement of Fine Aggregate with Varying Amounts of Different Particle Sizes of Treated Crumb Rubber on the Mechanical and Durability Properties of High-Strength Concrete,’ International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology, Volume 71, Issue 6, pp. 169 - 180. https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-VXXXX | 2022 | |
Mapanga, A., Miruka, C., & Mavetera, N. ‘Barriers to effective value chain management in developing countries: new insights from the cotton industrial value chain,’ Problems and Perspectives in Management, Vol. 16, Issue 1, pp. 1 – 14. | 2018 | |
Moloi, K. C., Makgoba , M. W. & Miruka, C.O. ‘(De)constructing the #FeesMustFall campaign in South African Higher Education,’ Contemporary Education Dialogue, Vol. 14, Issue 2, pp. 1 – 13. | 2017 | |
Mapanga, A., Miruka, C., & Mavetera, N. ‘Export strategy risks and governance in the clothing industry,’ Risk Governance & Control: Financial Markets & Institutions, Vol. 6, Issue 3, pp. 75 – 80. | 2016 | |
Miruka, C. O.‘The safari suit: imperatives for recreational dress innovation in Kenya,’ African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, Vol. 5 (1). Open Access- Online | 2016 | |
Miruka, C. O., Mah, G. & Nchake, M. ‘Financial guarantees and public debt in South Africa,’ Risk Governance & Control: Financial Markets and Institutions, Vol. 5, Issue 3, pp. 214 – 223. | 2015 | |
Miruka, C. O. ‘The depletion of narrative resources in the Kenyan trade union movement,’ Journal of Governance and Regulation, Vol. 4, Issue 4, pp. 680 – 689. | 2015 | |
Siwadi, P., Miruka, C. O. & Ogutu, F. A. ‘The impact of corporate governance on firm performance in the Zimbabwean manufacturing sector,’ Corporate Ownership & Control, Vol. 12, Issue 4, pp. 779 – 790. | 2015 | |
Siwadi, P., Miruka, C. O. & Ogutu, F. A. ‘Social capital interventions at firm level affecting performance in the Zimbabwean manufacturing sector,’ Corporate Ownership & Control, Vol. 13, Issue 1, pp. 315 – 323. | 2015 | |
Yamo, H. & Miruka, C. O. ‘Engendering development through social justice: the myth of commonality in Kenya,’ Journal of Pan African Studies, Vol. 6, No. 9, pp. 12 – 29. | 2014 | |
Owino, J. O. & Miruka, C. O. 2014 ‘Towards universal free primary education in Kenya,’ International Journal of Education Economics and Development, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 305 – 318. | 2014 | |
Miruka, C. O. & Kabegambire, M. ‘Challenges in transforming subsistence farming into sustainable and thriving agri-business in rural Uganda,’ Ghana Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 68 – 83. | View Online | 2014 |
Zonge, P. & Miruka C. O.‘Social capital in women-led micro and small businesses in rural Zimbabwe,’ Indian Journal of Human Development, Vol. 8, Issue 2, pp. 65 – 78. | 2014 | |
Miruka, C. O. & Zonge, P. ‘Indigenous social capital in women led small businesses in rural Zimbabwe,’ Indilinga: African Journal of indigenous Knowledge Systems, Vol. 13, Issue 1, pp. 140 – 152. | 2014 | |
Mphafe, O., Miruka, O. & Pelser, T. G. ‘The impact of cost sharing and parental participation on secondary school performance in Botswana,’ South African Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 180 – 196. | 2014 | |
Miruka, C. O. ‘Influence of political culture on service provision in Kenyan rural health facilities,’ East African Journal of Public Health, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 127 – 130. | 2012
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Talukhaba, A. A., Steenkamp, J. H. and Miruka, C. O. ‘A micro-economic indicator-based risk management strategy for the small property investor,’ International Journal of Economics and Business Research, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 374 – 392. | View Online | 2012 |
Miruka, C. O. ‘Incorporating Social Capital in Kenyan Public Provisioning’, Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 180 – 206. | View Online | 2011 |
Talukhaba, A. A., Sidumedi, K. S. and Miruka, C. O. ‘The relationship between corporate culture of South African construction firms and performance,’ CM ejournal | 2011 | |
Talukhaba, A. A., Mutunga, T. and Miruka, C. O. 2011 ‘Indicators of effective communication in remote projects,’ International Journal of Project Organization and Management, Vol. 3, No. 2 pp. 127 – 138. | 2011 | |
Talukhaba, A. A., Acheampong, E. and Miruka, C. O. 2010 ‘Improving time management in the South African construction industry,’ International Journal of Decision Sciences, Risk and Management, Vol. 2, No.¾ pages 327 – 339. | 2015 | |
Miruka, C. O. 2010 ‘Civic-Regarding Public Provisioning’, African Administrative Studies, No. 74 | 2010 | |
Miruka, C. O. 2010 ‘Game Theoretic Considerations for Kenyan Health Governance’, African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance, Vol. 16 No. 1 pages 117 – 128. | 2010 | |
Miruka, C. O. ‘Building Trust in Kenyan Rural Health Facilities’, The Journal of Pan African Studies, Vol. 3 No. 6 pages 190 – 206 | 2010 | |
Miruka, C. O. and Omenya, A. O. ‘Social Capital, Public Provisioning and Democratic Governance’, GEFAME Journal of African Studies, Vol. 6 No. 1 | 2009 | |
Miruka, C. O. 2009 ‘Developmental Public Administration Challenges in Kenya,’ Lesotho Law Journal Vol. 18 No. 1 pages 50 – 86. | 2009 | |
Miruka, C. O. ‘Developing Civic Virtue in Kenyan Health Governance’, International Journal of Behavioral and Healthcare Research, Vol. 1 No. 4 pages 371 – 387. | 2009 |
Research Conferences/Workshops
2023 | Miruka, C. O.‘Enhancing coordination in Kenya’s social protection policy regimes,’ paper delivered at the Kenya Social Protection Conference held in Nairobi at the Kenya School of Government . |
2021 | Miruka, C. O.‘Communications, Education and Policy-Science-Public Interface in Kenya’s Water and Sanitation Industry,’ keynote address delivered at the Homa Bay County Water And Sanitation Investment Conference. |
2019 | Miruka, C. O.‘Extending regulations to Urban On-site Sanitation in Kenya,’ paper delivered at the Kenya Sanitation Conference 2019 held in Nairobi, Kenya. |
2017 | Miruka, C. O. ‘The crisis in Kenya’s public universities: disjuncture and fracture in mission,’ paper delivered at the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) held at Newport, Wales . |
2016 | Bwowe, P. & Miruka, C. O. (2016) ‘Talent management practices in selected South African municipalities,’ paper delivered at Sydney International Business Research Conference, Adina Hotel, Darling Harbor, Sydney, Australia. |
2015 | Miruka, C. O. ‘Fifty years of Zambian politics: contradictions and distinctions in African economic integration,’ Keynote address at the Conference on Economic Integration, Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development, Venue: Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. |
2015 | Tshepe, T. & Miruka, C. O. ‘Media discourse on nuclear power in South Africa prior to and after the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011,’ Fourth International Conference on HRM and the management of organizations in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya. |
2014 | Miruka, C. O. ‘Social Movement Activism in the Kenyan Trade Union Movement,’ Keynote address at the third conference of the Italian Association for African Studies (ASAI), hosted by the University of Macerata. |
2014 | Miruka, C. O.‘Harambee narratives: rhetorical framing of the Kenyan trade union movement,’ 12th International Conference on Management and Behavioral Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. |
2013 | Musimwa, N., Miruka, C. O. & Pelser, T. G. 2013 ‘Factors determining the performance and growth of small to medium enterprises in Nairobi, Kenya,’ 7th International Business Conference (IBC2013), Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles. |
2013 | Shepeng, S. & Miruka, C. O. ‘Transfer of learning challenges experienced by employees in selected Departments of the North West Province’, paper presented. |
2012 | Miruka, C. O. 2012 ‘Financial Guarantees and other Fiscal Risks in South Africa: An Econometric Approach’, paper presented at the 39th Northeast Business & Economics Association Conference,at New York, USA. |
2010 | Miruka, C. O. ‘Soil not oil: Climate change, peak oil and food insecurity,’ New Agenda: South African Journal of Social and Economic Policy, Issue 37 First Quarter 2010. Book Review: Shiva, V. (2008) London: Zed Books. |
2006 | Miruka, C. O. 2006 ‘The interplay between social capital and good governance’, paper published as part of the conference proceedings of the 10th International Winelands Conference held in Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa . |
Professional Membership
Member - Kenya Institute of Management |
