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Dr. Melvine C. Lilechi

Dr. Melvine C. Lilechi

Lecture, Department of Humanities

Dr. Melvine Chepkoech Lilechi

Contact Information:

  • Position: Lecturer, Department of Humanities (History Section), Catholic University of Eastern Africa
  • Educational Background:
    • PhD in History, Catholic University of Eastern Africa
    • MA in History, Mount Kenya University
    • Bachelor of Education, Catholic University of Eastern Africa

Profile Summary: Dr. Melvine C. Lilechi is a Lecturer in the Department of Humanities at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa. She has extensive experience in research, having served as a research fellow and associate in various projects. Her research interests include slavery studies, politics, gender, decentralization, governance, and security studies.

Academic Research Projects/Thesis/Dissertation:

  • PhD Dissertation: The Church Missionary Society and the Reconstruction of the Post Slavery Identities in Freretown and Rabai Kenya (1840 – 1963), Catholic University of Eastern Africa
  • MA Thesis: Decentralization and Politics in Nakuru County Kenya 1963-2015, Mount Kenya University
  • BA Project: The Impact of Slavery Heritage on Education. A case study of Gasi, Catholic University of Eastern Africa

Books:

  1. Nyanchoga, S.A., & Lilechi, M.C. (2019). From Citizenship to Ethnicity: Politics of Identity Belonging and Otherness in Kenya. Nairobi: Franciscan Kolbe Press.

Book Chapters:

  1. Lilechi, M.C., & Nyanchoga, S.A. (2023). The Landscape of Slavery Heritage in Eastern Africa: Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, and Ethiopia. Curriculum Theologiae. https://doi.org/10.48604/ct.438
  2. Lilechi, M.C., & Nyanchoga, S.A. (2023). Trajectories of Emancipation: Abolitionism and Legacies of Slavery in Eastern Africa: Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, and Ethiopia. Curriculum Theologiae. https://doi.org/10.48604/ct.438
  3. Nyanchoga, S.A., Nabende, J.S., & Lilechi, M.C. (2014). State of Security in Kenya and its Implications. In Nyanchoga & Amutabi (Eds), Contemporary Issues in Kenyan History and Challenge of Nationhood. Nairobi: Kolbe Press.

Journal Publications:

  1. Amukoya, A., Lilechi, M., & Moindi, K. (2023). Socio-Economic Impacts of Sugarcane Production from 1900 to 2020 in Bungoma County Kenya. African Research Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 10(3), 25-40. Available online
  2. Bikundo, E.M., Mutisya, M., & Lilechi, M. (2023). Influence of Economic Dependency on the Prevalence of Gender-Based Violence in the Kuria Community in Kuria East Sub County Migori County – Kenya. International Journal of Social and Development Concerns, 17, 39–53. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8218908
  3. Nsotaka, F.S., Lilechi, M.C., & Nyanchoga, S.A. (2023). Legacies of Slavery and Chieftaincy Succession Disputes among the Bakossi Community of Cameroon 1960-2020. Journal of African Interdisciplinary Studies, 7(6), 81-89.
  4. Odero, J.O., Lilechi, M.C., & Nyanchoga, S.A. (2023). Analyzing the Social-Economic Ramifications of Trans-Border Conflict in Muhoroni Kenya from 1963 to 2010. International Journal of Science and Research, 12(8), 2072-2078. https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR23818170316
  5. Kiio, D.M., Lilechi, M.C., & Nyanchoga, S.A. (2022). A History of Machakos Town (1887-1963). International Journal of Science and Research, 11(4), 1230-1232. https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR22404152358
  6. Nzau, J.N., Lilechi, M.C., & Muchoki, F.M. (2022). The History of Catholic Relief Services in Kenya 1943-2010. International Journal of Science and Research, 11(4), 1285-1288. https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR22404202851
  7. Wasike, O.R., Lilechi, M.C., & Moindi, K.M. (2021). Challenges Faced by the Missionaries: A Case Study of Mill Hill Missionaries at Kibabii Catholic Mission Kenya 1903 to 1970. International Journal of Science and Research, 10(9), 364-371. https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR21902110120
  8. Lilechi, M.C. (2020). The Role of the Church Missionary Society in the Abolition of Slavery at the Kenya Coast. International Journal of Science and Research, 9(9), 1258-1263. https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR20603103724
  9. Lilechi, M., Nyanchoga, S., & Muchoki, F. (2020). The Church Missionary Society and Enculturation of the Freed Slaves in Coastal Kenya. International Journal of Science and Research, 9(10), 644-652.
  10. Kemboi, E., Nyanchoga, S., & Lilechi, M. (2020). Institutions of the Nandi Orkoiyot and Age Set Systems and their Role in Colonial Resistance in Kenya. International Journal of Science and Research, 9(9), 712-721.
  11. Murei, M., Nyanchoga, S., & Lilechi, M. (2020). Impact of Colonialism on the Indigenous Farming Practices of the Nandi People in Kenya 1895-1963. African Research Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 7(3), 9-20.
  12. Kipkoech, M.V., Nyanchoga, S., & Lilechi, M. (2020). Impact of Development of Tea Plantation Economy from 1927 to 1963 on Social and Economic Status of Nandi East Sub County Kenya. African Research Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 7(3), 1-8.
  13. Barasa, P., Nyanchoga, S., & Lilechi, M. (2020). Significance of Circumcision in Modern/Current Bukusu Society: A Case Study of Bungoma County in the Republic of Kenya. International Journal of Science and Research, 9(10), 246-251.

Conferences:

  • March 19-20, 2018: Slavery Post-slavery and Gender Violence in Africa. University of Birmingham, SLAFNET Project.
  • April 15-19, 2019: Slavery and Slave Trade in Ethiopia and Beyond. Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa.

Research and Grants:

  • 2021-2022: Early career researcher (GALA)
  • 2010-2013: Charismatic Studies in Sub-Saharan Africa, Templeton Foundation USA
  • 2017-2023: Recipient of Ph.D. research grant, SLAFNET Programme
  • 2016-2017: Junior research fellow, Pamoja Research Project between the Kenya and French Government on Mobility
  • 2010-2013: Research Assistant for Slavery Studies (IRD-France)
  • 2010-2013: Charismatic Studies in Sub-Saharan Africa, Templeton Foundation USA