Francis Karanja Kigira

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Mr. Francis Karanja Kigira

Francis was born and brought up in Central Kenya,Kiambu county,Githunguri subcounty,Komothai location as the last born in a family of eleven siblings.Francis studied his basic education within komothai.Proceeded to Michinda boarding school in Elburgon and Kericho high school for the O -Levels education later proceeded to Menengai high for A-level and then to Jomo Kenyatta college of Agriculture and Technology. Francis is married to one wife and blessed wth four children.He has a passion on environment and has written several papers on hydrology studies and modelling of environmental scenarios .He has embarked on PhD studies at JomoKenyatta university where has submitted Thesis on modeling water quality using Soil and Water Assesment Tool (SWAT).A case study of Mara River Catchment.He is currently employed permanently by Meru University of Science and Technology as a lecturer in civil Engineering.

Kigira, F.K., Gathenya, J.M., Home, P.G. Assessment of the Impact of Different vegetation as Riparian Zones in controlling nutrients flow into water bodies, (Nile Water Science and Engineers Journal, Vol 10, issue 1, 2017.)

Kigira, F.K., Gathenya, J.M., Home, and P.G., To assess the impact of land use change on nutrients flow and to establish the level of key pollutants of Nyangores. (Nile Water Science & Engineering Journal, Vol. 8Issue 2, 2015)

Kigira, F.K., Gathenya, J.M., Home, P.G., Modeling the influence of land use/land cover changes on hydrology and sediment yield of Thika River catchment using SWAT model. (Nile Basin Water Science and Engineering Journal, Vol, 3 issue 3, 2010

 

Kigira, F.K., Gathenya, J.M., Home, and P.G., To assess the impact of land use change on nutrients flow and to establish the level of key pollutants of Nyangores River. Paper presented on the 10th JKUAT Scientific,Technological and Industrialisation conference and exhibitions. 12th – 13th November 2015.

Kigira, F.K., Gathenya, J.M., Home, and P.G., 2008: Modeling the influence of land use changes on hydrology and sediment yield in a river catchment using SWAT model. Paper presented at 3rd International conference on Appropriate Technology, 12th-15th November, 2008, Kigali Rwanda.

Kigira, F.K., Gathenya, J.M., and Home, P.G., 2007: Modeling the influence of land use changes on hydrology and sediment yield in Thika River catchment using SWAT model. Proceeding of 2007 JKUAT Scientific, Technological and Industrialization conference, 25-26 October 2007, Kenya.

  1. Soil and Water Engineering course organized by Japanese International Cooperation Agencies (JICA) .Held at Okayama University from 4th April 1994 to October 1994.
  2. Geo-information for Hydrological modeling .Facilitated by ITC. Netherlands, 3-14th October 2005.
  3. Water and Sewerage Management Feb 2003. Held at Jomo Kenyatta University.
  4. Agricultural machinery management. Annual course (2000-2004)
  5. Nile Basin Capacity Building Network for River Engineering (NBCBN-RE) Flood and Catchment Management. Held on 20th -23rd April 2009.Nairobi Kenya
  6. Waste water treatment Technology held on 3rd -13th August 2009
  7. Water Management: Decision Making, Environmental Aspects & Risk Assessment held on February 22-March 3, 2010 in  Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel
  8. Climate Change Adaptation : Strategies and Tools, held in Cairo, Egypt in the period from 17th to 21st July,2011.
  9. Rural Environmental Protection Technology, held in China Agricultural University, Beijing.  in the period from Aug. 27th to Sept.17th,2011.
  10. East Africa Network of Learning of Administrators “Sensitization of Third Party Funded Research Proposal Writing at SOJOREC,JKUAT,JUJA 20th -22rd Nov.2017.

Email Address: fkigira@must.ac.ke