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CURRICULLUM VITAE

NAME: Paul ABIERO OPONDO
DATE OF BIRTH: October 30th 1965
NATIONALITY: Kenyan by Birth
MARITAL STATUS: Married with three children
COMPUTER LITERACY: Knowledge of MS Word and basic computer skills
LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English, basic French, Kiswahili, Dholuo Vernacular
STRONG POINT: I participated in reviving education in post-Genocide Rwanda

ADDRESS:
MOI UNIVERSITY’
SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES,
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE,
P O BOX 3900,
ELDORET.

Paul Abiero OPONDO,
P O Box 74 Ugunja via Kisumu.

Mobile Tel. +254 0721 310 982

E-Mail: jpopondo@yahoo.com

SCHOOLS ATTENDED
1986-1987: Shimo la Tewa School, Mombasa
(I studied History, Geography and Economics in ‘A’ Level)
School, Head-Boy

1982-1985: Khamis High School, Mombasa, Kenya

PRE-UNIVERSITY TRAINING
August-November 1988: National Youth service for internship on Nationalism and National Development in Gilgil, Kenya and got a certificate

UNIVERSITIES ATTENDED
2004-to date: A Candidate for PhD degree with University of South Africa(UNISA) in History
1992-1994: Moi University, Kenya for M.Phil. Degree in Economic History
1988-1991: Moi University, Kenya for B.Ed. (ARTS), Economics and History

WORK EXPERIENCE:
1ST August 2006- to date: Lecturer, Moi University, Kenya

2nd February, 2001-1st August, 2006: Lecture, Kigali Institute of Education, (KIE) Republic of Rwanda in History and Methods of Teaching History

1st February, 1991-Dec 2000: Secondary School Teacher with the Government Body, TSC

July- September 2001, taught Special Methods of Teaching History/Economics in Rwanda

February-May 2006: Participated as Supervisor in School practice in several secondary Schools in Rwanda

June to October, 2001: Column Writer for ‘New Times’ newspaper in Kigali City

Jan 1998-Dec 2001: National examiner with Kenya National Examination Council

Conferences Attended

23rd-27th July, 2009 Historical Association of Kenya (HAK) Conference at Catholic University of East Africa
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