The Team

Anthony Wafula- Lead Consultant

Anthony is an award-winning journalist with over 10 years experience in Radio broadcasting and journalism training.

In 2006 he was the Best Radio Journalist (1st Runners’ up) in the UNESCO HIV/AIDS Red Ribbon Media Award for excellence.

Anthony’s extensive experience in Radio Programming has seen him serve as the Radio Programmes Manager at the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation.

He has extensive consulting experience in media and development within the East Africa Region and has served a number of organizations among them Radio Amani, Internews Network Kenya, Synovate Pan Africa ,HelpAge International, International Peace Support and Training Centre, Oxfam Novib, Africa Peace Point, Kenya ICT Network (KICTANET), Kenya Refugee Consortium, and Kenya National Aids NGO Consortium.

He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Mass Communication from the University of Nairobi’s school of Journalism and Bachelors in Education (Arts).

Paul Nyulaku

Paul currently serves as Programme Co-ordinator (Professional Development) and Lecturer, Centre for Ethnic and Conflict Studies of the University of Port Harcourt, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria. Prior to taking up this position in January, 2008.

He served as Community Development Officer Operations, Community Social Development Project (CSDP) of the World Bank in Nigeria, which was a pioneer programme that initiated and successfully executed the World Bank’s Community Driven Development Strategy (CDD) in partnership with the three tiers of Government in Nigeria.

Paul holds a Master of Arts (M.A) Degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan Nigeria and Bachelors in Political Science. His primary research interests deal with traditional mechanisms for managing conflict, Conflict sensitivity in Development Programming and Effective Strategies and Communication Tools for Policy Advocacy. In 2008, he consulted for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Nigeria on the Niger Delta Local Development Programme as Community Management Specialist and Consultant, UNDP inaugural Local Development Dialogues subsequently. These were decentralisation and peace building programmes in support of the Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) in Nigeria for Ex-militant groups.

Paul is a training consultant to several International Organizations. He is a certified trainer for the Open Society Initiative, Budapest, Hungary in the adaptation of their training curriculum to the West African Context, Open Society Initiative of West Africa (OSIWA), and West African Civil Society Institute (WACSI), Kofi Anan International Peace Keeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in DDR and Conflict analysis as well as International Peace Support Training Centre in Kenya.

Judy Wakahiu

Judy is a seasoned policy advocate with over 13 years of experience. She has previously worked as the Executive Director of a Kenyan national refugee advocacy Non Governmental Organisation for period of over 6 years and was instrumental in enactment of a number of policies and law on refugees at both nation and international level. She therefore has immense experience in policy advocacy both at the national and international arenas.

Judy holds an MA in International Studies from the University of Nairobi and a BA in Sociology and Political Science. Judy has also worked with the Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Secretariat in addition to engaging in numerous consultancies on organization change and strategic plan development, training on peace building and conflict resolution as well as on issues of human rights, refugees and gender.

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