Dr. Kennedy Karani Onyiko

Dr. Onyiko is the Chairman of the Department of Social Studies, and a Lecturer of Social Work School of Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Creative Industries at Maasai Mara University

Dr. Onyiko is a member of the Board of Utu International. He has spent his career in the social work field as a university lecturer, child protection officer, and researcher.

Dr. Onyiko is passionate about his research in positive youth development, character development, child protection, and care leaving.

He is currently the Principal Investigator in a research project entitled: "Character and Thriving among Kenyan Youth: A Novel Measure for Use with Street Children and Youth Enrolled in Schools in Kenya". Templeton World Charity Foundation funds the project and aims to develop a measure of character for Kenyan youth who live and are educated in a range of contexts, including rural schools, urban schools, and homeless children (i.e. street children). 

Dr. Onyiko has also worked as a child protection officer for six years with Hope for Sick and poor. This is an NGO involved with the rehabilitation of street children, a common phenomenon in the streets of Kenyan towns.