Prof. Collins Ogutu Miruka

Deputy Vice Chancellor, Administration, Finance, Planning, and Development (AFP&D)

Education Background

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

Academic Appointments/ Related Experience

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.	View Online	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	View Online	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.	View Online	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.	View Online	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.	View Online	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	View 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.	View Online	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.	View Online	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.	View Online	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.	View Online	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.	View Online	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.	View Online	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.	View Online	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.	View Online	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.	View Online	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.	View Online	2012
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	View Online	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.	View Online	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.	View Online	2015
Miruka, C. O. 2010 ‘Civic-Regarding Public Provisioning’, African Administrative Studies, No. 74	View Online	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.	View Online	2010
Miruka, C. O. ‘Building Trust in Kenyan Rural Health Facilities’, The Journal of Pan African Studies, Vol. 3 No. 6 pages 190 – 206	View Online	2010
Miruka, C. O. and Omenya, A. O. ‘Social Capital, Public Provisioning and Democratic Governance’, GEFAME Journal of African Studies, Vol. 6 No. 1	View Online	2009
Miruka, C. O. 2009 ‘Developmental Public Administration Challenges in Kenya,’ Lesotho Law Journal Vol. 18 No. 1 pages 50 – 86.	View Online	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.	View Online	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