Prof. Maurice N. Amutabi

2011Conference Papers and Presentations

• Maurice N. Amutabi. “Pastoralism, Social Protection and Vision 2030 in Kenya: Possibilities and Prospects.” Paper prepared for the CODESRIA’s 13th General Assembly, under the theme: “Africa and the Challenges of the 21^st Century,” held in Rabat, Morocco, 5-9 December 2011.
• Maurice N. Amutabi. “Lessons from the 2007 and 2008 Post-election violence in Kenya.” “Lessons from the 2008 Post-Election Violence in Kenya.”  Paper presented at an International Conference on Diversity in Society ‒ Theories and Practice held at IFRA, Nairobi, Kenya on December 1-2, 2011.
• Maurice N. Amutabi. “Water Conflicts, Destitution and Poverty in Kenya: Interrogating Water Rights and Fair Use Principles in Kenya among stakeholders.” Paper prepared for a cross-continental and interdisciplinary seminar on “Poverty, Water and Local Development” jointly organized by the CLACSO-CROP Programme, Makerere University, The Nile Basin Programme (NBRP) and The Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) to be held in Kampala, Uganda, November 28-30, 2011.
• Maurice N. Amutabi. “Land and Power in Western Kenya: Interrogating the Negotiation between Tradition and Modernity among the Abaluyia in a New Constitutional Dispensation.” Paper prepared for the International Conference on Land Policies in East Africa, on the theme: “Land Policies for East Africa: Technological Innovations, Administration and Patrimonial stakes” at Makerere University, November 3 – 4, 2011.
• Maurice N. Amutabi. “Local Soap Operas in Kenya and Perpetuation of Gender Stereotypes and Violence against Women: Interrogating Subtle and Obvious Meanings and Themes.” Paper prepared for the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) 2011 Annual Gender Symposium on Gender and the Media in Africa, to be held from 1st to 3rd November, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt.
• Maurice N. Amutabi (and Linnet Hamasi). “Poverty and Pastoralist Land Rights in Northern Kenya: Interrogating Historical Injustices and Institutional Failure in Kenya.” Paper presented at a symposium on “Poverty as a Human Rights Violation,” held at Naivasha, Kenya, September 28^th - 30^th, 2011 [organized by the Centre for Human Rights and Peace (University of Nairobi), in collaboration with the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo] in Naivasha, Kenya, 28 to 30 September, 2011.
• Maurice N. Amutabi. “Making a Case for Open and Distance Learning in Kenya: Possibilities and Prospects.” Paper presented at the conference organised by the Distance Education Association of Southern Africa (DEASA) in Dar Es Salaam Tanzania under subtheme Moving Towards Relevant Meanings in Provision of Education Through ODL, held from 30^th September to 2^nd October, 2011.
• “Promoting a Culture of Peace in the Horn of Africa: The Role of Indigenous Institutions,” paper presented at the Inaugural Conference of the Centre for Peace and Development Studies (CPDS), Haramaya University, on the theme, “Peace, Conflict and Development: Issues and Priorities in the Horn of Africa,” Haramaya University, Haramaya, Ethiopia, 23 – 24 July 2011.
•  “Appraising Peace and Conflict Studies in the Horn of Africa: The Role of Indigenous Institutions,” paper presented at the Inaugural Conference of the Centre for Peace and Development Studies (CPDS), Haramaya University, on the theme, “Peace, Conflict and Development: Issues and Priorities in the Horn of Africa,” Haramaya University, Haramaya, Ethiopia, 23 – 24 July 2011.
• Maurice N. Amutabi, M.N (2011). “Politics and Universities in Africa: Which Way Forwad.” Paper presented at an international conference on the theme” “The Idea of an African University” hosted by the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA), Nairobi, Kenya, May 25-27, 2011.
• Maurice N. Amutabi, “Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Constitution-Making in Kenya: Leveraging Indigenous Institutions.” Paper presented at the BAWAKI-CUEA International conference, held at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, April 27-29, 2011.
• Maurice N. Amutabi, “Speaking in Tongues and Earning Millions through Private Television and FM Radio Stations: The Case of the Media Boom in Kenya and Celebrity Galore.” Paper presented at the Workshop on Media Appropriations and Mediascapes in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Media Entrepreneurs and Changing Technical and Social Configurations of Public Communication, held at the Centre Point Sud, Bamako, Republic of Mali, January 3-9, 2011.
• Amutabi, Maurice, “Interrogating the tumultuous Relationship between Parliament and the Executive in Kenya over the past 45 years: Retrospection,” Paper prepared for the Workshop on “Bringing History Back in: Institutional Legacies, Critical Junctures and Political Regime Development in Africa” organized by GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Institute of African Affairs, held at the Centre Point Sud, Bamako, Republic of Mali, 24-27 February 2011.