Title: The Role of African chiefs in Social and Economic Change in colonial and post-colonial Kenya: Case study of Kitutu Chiefs in Kisii District, 1905-1992.
University: Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya.
Ph. D research topic:
Title: State Economic Policy and Development in Kenya: A Study of African Entrepreneurship in Kisii Township and its Environs, 1930-1978.
University: West Virginia University, USA.
Paper presented at the Kenya American Studies Association (Kamesa):
Title: Kenya – US relations in the post-war period.
Research project at Catholic University of Eastern Africa:
Topic: The Media and Multi-party Democracy in Kenya, 1992-2001.
Publication: To be published as a book.
Book Reviews in Journal of Eastern African Studies:
Published by the Catholic University of Eastern Africa.
Papers presented at the Africa Studies Association (ASA) annual meetings:
2003: Youth, Urban Violence, and conflict in post-colonial Africa: The emergence of Vigilante groups in Kenya.
2004: Rural Development and peasant capital Accumulation in Kenya: A study of African entrepreneurship and capital accumulation in Kisii, 1920-1950, during ASA Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, November 11th – 14th 2004.
2006: Agrarian Reforms and Economic change in Rural Kenya: The Impact of credit and other state policies on small-scale commodity production in Kisii District of Western Kenya (1950-1963), paper presented during the ASA, Annual Conference, 49th Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2006 San Francisco, CA.
2007: Land Reform and Access to Credit in Rural Kenya: Impact on small-scale Agricultural production and African enterprise in Kisii District of Western Kenya (1950-63), paper presented during the Holt Conference hosted by the History Department, West Virginia University, and Friday April 13, 2007.
2007: The Colonial Economy and African Entrepreneurship in Kenya: Unraveling the Contradictions in Policy formulation on African Commercial Enterprises in Western Kenya, 1945-1963, Paper presented during the annual ASA Conference, New York, and October 19, 2007.
Papers presented at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (2011-2012):
2011: Agrarian Reforms and Economic change in Rural Kenya: The Impact of credit and other state policies on small-scale commodity production in Kisii District of Western Kenya (1950-1963).
2012: Peasants, Entrepreneurship, Capital Accumulation and differentiation: The Gusii Maize Flour Millers of Western Kenya, 1920-1950.
2012: Capitalist Accumulation and Development in Kenya: The struggle for Ascendancy of an Indigenous Bourgeoisie since 1945.
2012: The impact of Africanization policies on African Entrepreneurship during the Kenyatta Era (1963-1978): Negotiating New Opportunities and Challenges. Paper presented at 1st Annual Interdisciplinary Conference held in CUEA June 26th-30th 2012.
Book Chapters:
2014: Africanization and African Entrepreneurship in Kenya: 1963-1978, Book Chapter in Nyanchoga S.A and Amutabi M.N. (Eds). 2014. Contemporary Issues in Kenyan History and the Challenges of Nationhood, Limuru, Kenya, Franciscan Kolbe Press.
2018: Kingdoms, Politics and State Formation in Pre-colonial Kenya: Centralized vs Decentralized Systems, Book Chapter in Palgrave Handbook of Kenya and Its History Edited by Wanjala Nasong’o, Maurice Amutabi, And Toyin Falola, Palgrave Macmillan publishers, USA. ISBN 978-3-031-09487-3 (e-Book).
2018: Pre-Colonial Economic Activities: Crafts, Industry and Trade in Kenya, Book Chapter in Palgrave Handbook of Kenya and Its History Edited by Wanjala Nasong’o, Maurice Amutabi, And Toyin Falola, Palgrave Macmillan publishers, USA. ISBN 978-3-031-09487-3 (e-Book).
2018: The Colonial Political Economy in Kenya, Book Chapter in Palgrave Handbook of Kenya and Its History Edited by Wanjala Nasong’o, Maurice Amutabi, And Toyin Falola, Palgrave Macmillan publishers, USA. ISBN 978-3-031-09487-3 (e-Book).
2022: Ethnicity, Conflict and Economic Development in Africa: Lessons from Kenya, Book Chapter in Rethinking of Kenya’s Economic History, pp. 321-341 edited by Opondo P. A, Otieno Juma and Godfrey Okoth, African Centre for International Relations and Diplomacy (ACRID), Eldoret, Kenya. ISBN 9798351917825.
Journal Articles:
2018: Kanyi C.M, Dr. Muchoki F. And Dr. Moindi M. (2018) The Role of Cooperative Societies in Rice Production in Mwea Irrigation Scheme; 1964 – 2009, Research Paper, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa.
2021: Wasike Oscar, Moindi Kennedy and Lilechi Melvin (2021) Challenges Faced by the Missionaries: A Case Study of Mill Hill Missionaries at Kibabii Catholic Mission, Kenya 1903 To 1970, paper.
2021: Victorine Nyangor, Josephine Adipo and Moindi Kennedy (2021) Influence of Parenting Styles on Suicidal Ideations among Secondary School Students in Westlands Sub County, Nairobi Kenya.
2023: Chebii Kiprono, Muchoki, F.M and Moindi K.M. (2023) The Transformation of Inter-ethnic Conflicts in Uasin Gishu in the Post-independence era, 1963-2020, The International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), Vol VII, Issue VIII, August 2023: ISSN No. 2454-6186.
2023: Chebii K, Muchoki, F.M and Moindi K. M (2023) The Colonial State and the transformation of inter-ethnic conflicts in Uasin Gishu County up to 1963, The European Journal of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, 1 (4) 1151-1168. ISSN 2786-7447.
2023: Muema, Catherine Kalungu, Moindi K. M and Wambiya P. (2023) The Nature of Government Educational Policies and their impact on Educational development in Nairobi County, Kenya, 1895-2010, International Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, vol.6 Issue 8, August 2023. ISSN 2581-7922.
2023: Moyia, Rosemary Indekhwa, Nyanchoga S.A and Moindi K.M (2023) The Nature of Bukusu Indigenous systems of Education, 1850-1894, The International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR). ISSN: 2319-7064.
