CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL DETAILS NAME: DATE OF BIRTH: SEX: MARITAL STATUS: NATIONALITY: CONTACT:

KEY QUALIFICATION

JACOB ODHON’G OMOLO 12TH JUNE 1969 MALE MARRIED KENYAN P.O BOX 73504, CODE 00200, CITY SQUARE, NAIROBI- KENYA TEL: 0722-602-501/0738907074(Mobile) E-MAIL:[email protected]; Broadly trained in theoretical and applied economics with emphasis on labour economics, public sector economics, micro-economic theory, macroeconomic theory, econometrics, development economics, international economics, project management, and policy analysis, design and evaluation.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND September 2007-December 2010

PhD (Economics) Area of Specialization-Labour Economics (Kenyatta University- Kenya)

Aug. 2001- Jan. 2003

MASTER OF ARTS IN ECONOMIC POLICY MANAGEMENT (MAKERERE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE ECONOMICS, KAMPALA-UGANDA).

OF

1997-1999:

MASTER OF ARTS (ECONOMICS) (KENYATTA UNIVERSITY- KENYA)

1990-1994:

BACHELOR OF ARTS (ECONOMICS)CLASS (HONS) UPPER DIVISION. (KENYATTA UNIVERSITY – KENYA)

1988-1989:

KENYA ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION3 PRINCIPALS AND 1 SUBSIDIARY PASS- 12 POINTS. (ST. JOSEPH’S RAPOGI SEC. SCHOOL)

1984-1987:

KENYA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION- DIVISION 1- 21 POINTS. (MIROGI BOYS’ SEC. SCHOOL)

1977-1983:

CERTIFICATE OF PRIMARY EDUCATION: PASS-27 POINTS. (WAGWE PRIMARY SCHOOL). 1

2ND

OTHER COURSES/QUALIFICATIONS • COMPUTER LITERACY: WORD PROCESSING, MS WORD, MS EXCEL, ORACLE, TSP43, STATA, E-VIEWS, SAS AND SPSS. • PROJECT FORMULATION AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES ANALYSIS CONDUCTED BY THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICAN MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE. WORK BACKGROUND PRESENT

Lecturer Department of Applied Economics School of Economics Kenyatta University Nairobi, Kenya

APRIL 2010-MARCH 2012

Project Manager National Manpower Survey Ministry of Labour, Kenya

MAY 2004-MARCH 2010

Research Fellow Real Sector Programme (Industry) Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR)

DUTIES

To conduct action oriented policy research and analysis on labour market issues; develop policies to promote the growth of the micro and small enterprises (informal) sector and enhance competitiveness of Kenya’s manufacturing sector. Assist in training of Research Interns in the above areas; and undertake Monitoring and Evaluation of the Institute’s Programmes.

MAY 1995

Economist (MINISTRY OF LABOUR RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT)

AND

HUMAN

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR:

DEPUTY CHIEF ECONOMIST Mr. Samson Machuka (currently, Director, Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate) Ministry of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030, P.o Box 300005, 00100 Nairobi Tel. 020315102/0733761424

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Assisting in Drafting National Development Plans, Sessional Papers and other Government Policy documents;

2

-

-

-

-

Participating in Sectoral Working Groups for the preparation of Budgets; Analyzing Collective Agreements, Investigation of Trade Disputes and presentation of Economic Reports to the Industrial Court of Kenya to facilitate arbitration of trade disputes; Analyzing economic situation and outlook in relation to the labour sector and the development of micro and small scale enterprises and suggesting appropriate remedial actions; Participation in the Wages Advisory Boards and Councils for minimum wage fixing; and Preparation of Economic Background Papers, Reports and Speeches as directed from time to time Monitoring and Evaluating Ministry’s Projects and Programmes.

OTHER ASSIGNMENTS/CONSULTANCIES November 2012

Consultant Mapping of Kenya Youth Employment Initiatives Client: World Bank

October 2012

International Consultant Regulatory Impact Assessment Client: ILO: Law Growth Nexus Project (Zambia)

July 2012

Data Analysis and Report Writing Consultant National Manpower Survey Client: Ministry of Labour

June 2012

Lead Consultant Finalization of National Child Labour Policy for Kenya Client: ILO/Ministry of Labour

March-May 2012

Lead Consultant ILO Baseline Survey of Matatu Industry in Kenya Client: ILO: Law Growth Nexus Project

Oct. 2011-Jan. 2012

Assisted the Ministry of Labour to develop Employment Policy and Strategy for Kenya

Aug-Oct 2011

Assisted the Ministry of Labour to develop Productivity Policy for Kenya 3

Feb. 2011-Dec 2011

ILO-National Consultant National Study on Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Rights in the Rural Sector in Kenya

June 2011

Evaluation of the ABVV/ISVI programme 20092011 in Kenya Client: South Research CVBA-VSO, Belgium

June 2011

UNDP-National Consultant Study on Strengthening Youth Employment in Kenya: Deepening Employment Impact of Social and Economic Policies

January 2006-April 2011

Danida-Local Consultant Development and Implementation of Danish supported Business Sector Programme Support (BSPS)- Reforms to the Labour Market Component.

Activities Undertaken:

-Productivity Training, Productivity Improvement Programmes -Assisting the National Labour Board to develop its Strategic Plan for 2009-2013 -Undertook Institutional Design of the Secretariat to the National Labour Board-Commissioned by the Ministry of Labour and Human Resource Development -Undertook a Study on the Viability of Increasing the Minimum Wages in 2009 in Kenya-study conducted for the Ministry of Labour and presented to the General Wages and Agricultural Wages Councils on 28th April 2009. -Capacity Support to the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) on developing and administering data collection instruments, analyzing the results and training FKE staff. -Capacity Support to the Central Organization of Trade Unions (Kenya)-Popularizing COTU (K)’s Strategic Plan amongst the rank and file; facilitating COTU (K)’s affiliates to develop their Strategic Plan; Training COTU (K) Executive Board on their roles in the newly established National Labour Board; Training COTU (K) on mainstreaming productivity in collective bargaining.

November 2009

Assisted the Ministry of Labour to develop Terms of Reference for Review and Updating of the Draft 4

Sessional Paper No. 6 of 2006 on Employment Policy and Strategy for Kenya October 2008-July 2009

Assisted the Ministry of State for Special Programmes to develop Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, and Manual; and Conduct Baseline Survey for Comprehensive Disaster Management in Kenya.

December 2008- May 2009

Undertook a Union and Industry Mapping Exercise for International Transport Federation-London Office

January-March 2009

Assisted the Ministry of Labour and Sector Stakeholders to formulate the Labour, Youth and Human Resource Development Sector Plan (20082012)

February – April 2008

Assisted the Ministry of Labour and stakeholders to develop the Medium Term Plan (2008-2012) for operationalizing Vision 2030.

2006-2007

Local consult to UNDP Funded Study on An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for Kenya

2006-2008

Workers Rights Consortium Field Representative (East Africa)-investigating worker rights violations in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania

2005

Contracted by the International Labour Organization (East Africa Regional Office, Dar Es Salaam) to assist the Ministry of Labour to develop a study Report Key Gender, Poverty and Employment Issues in Agriculture and Rural Development in Kenya. Upon satisfactory completion of the assignment, the ILO (Geneva Office) entered my name as one of the Gender Specialists.

2003-2004

1. Participated in developing the Sessional Paper No. 2 of 2005 on “Development of Micro and Small Enterprises for Wealth and Employment Creation for Poverty Reduction” 2. Participated in developing the Sessional Paper No. 7 of 2005 on “Employment Policy and Strategy for Kenya” Contracted by the ILO (SLAREA Project) to undertake a study on A New Strategy for Trade Unions to Promote their Services, Attract New

2003

5

Members, including a Sustainable Funding Proposal: The Case of Kenya 1999-August 2001

NOVEMBER 1995:

-Attached to the World Bank funded Micro and Small Enterprise Training and Technology Project (MSETTP) as an Assistant Deputy Coordinator in charge of Policy Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation. -Attached to the UNDP funded Employment and Sustainable Livelihoods Programme in the Policy Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation Division. Participated in a capacity assessment of the optimal forms of assistance to women’s productive employment in Kenya.

AUG. 1997 AND DEC. 1998:

Undertook study tours of Japan, Singapore and South Africa on the establishment of a Productivity Centre in Kenya.

1997-2000:

Participated in the Ministerial Rationalization and Staff Rightsizing Exercise.

OTHER WORKING EXPERIENCE SEP. 1994- APRIL 1995: CASHIER-

LEOBAG INVSTMENTS LTD.

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR:

CHIEF ACCOUNTANT

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Attending to customers; - Managing the petty cash; - Assisting in the preparation of Final Accounts; and - Undertaking any other duty assigned. UNTRAINED TEACHERBALAMBALA SECONDARY SCHOOL- GARISSA EMPLOYER- BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

SEP. 1991-APRIL 1992:

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR:

HEADMASTER, BALAMBALA SEC. SCHOOL.

SUBJECTS TAUGHT:

MATHEMATICS, BUSINESS STUDIES AND GEOGRAPHY.

JANUARY-AUGUST 1990:

UNTRAINED TEACHER-KIBAGA PRIMARY SCHOOL. EMPLOYERTEACHERS SERVICE COMMISSION

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR:

HEADMASTER, KIBAGA PRIMARY SCHOOL. 6

SUBJECTS TAUGHT: 1998-2001:

MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND ENGLISH. Setter/Marker with the Public Service Commission of Kenya.

JULY 2000-AUGUST 2001:

Part-time Lecturer- Kenya Institute of Management. Subjects: Economics and Labour Economics.

MEMBERSHIP - ECONOMIC SECRETARIAT TO THE INDUSTRIAL COURT OF KENYA (19952004) - TASKFORCE OF THE PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE OF KENYA (PCK) (2002Present). - JOINT SECRETARY: TASKFORCE ON MICRO AND SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISES (May – September 2003) RESEARCHES AND PUBLICATIONS: Omolo, O.J. (Forthcoming). “Regional Disparities in Employment and Human Development in Kenya”, e-Canadian Journal of Business and Economics Omolo, O.J. (Forthcoming). “Employment Challenges in Kenya”, GIJBE International Journal of Business and Economics Ndirangu, L., Leigh, F. and Omolo, J (Forthcoming), Kenya’s Youth Employment Challenge, United Nations Development Programme Omolo, O.J. (2012). “Youth Employment in Kenya: Analysis of Labour Market and Policy Interventions”, FES Kenya Occasional Paper, No. 1 (October), Nairobi: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Omolo, O.J. (2012). “Impact of Civil Service Reforms on Labour Inspectorate in Kenya”, International Review of Business and Social Sciences, Vol. 1 No. 8 (July) pp 84101 Omolo, O.J. (2011). “Labour and Employment Inequalities in the Context of the East African Regional Integration Process” in Society for International Development, East African Integration: Dynamics of Equity in Trade, Education, Media and Labour, Nairobi: Ascent Limited Omolo, O.J. (2010): “Ripple Effects of Minimum Wages and the Response of Labour Markets in Kenya”, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Nairobi: Kenyatta University. Omolo, O.J. (2010): “The Dynamics and Trends of Employment in Kenya”, IEA Research Paper Series, No. 1/2010, Nairobi: Institute of Economic Affairs. Ngéthe, N. and Omolo, O.J. (2010). “Trade Policy-Making in a Domestic Setting: The Role of Stakeholders in Regional and Multilateral Negotiations” in Ann Capling and Patrick Low (Eds), Governments, Non-State Actors and Trade Policy Making: Negotiating Preferentially or Multilaterally?, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press Omolo, O.J, Akoten, J.E and Oyugi, L.N (2009): “The Viability of Increasing Minimum Wages in Kenya in 2009”, IPAR Discussion Paper Series, No. 110/2009, Nairobi. Ndetei, DM, Khasakhala L, Omolo, JO (2008) “Incentives for health worker retention in Kenya: An assessment of current practice,” EQUINET Discussion Paper Series 62, EQUINET with African Mental Health Foundation, University of Namibia, Training and Research Support Centre, University of Limpopo and ECSA-Regional Health Community, EQUINET: Harare. 7

Omolo, O.J, (2008): “The Ripple Effects of Minimum Wages on Negotiated Wages in Kenya”, IPAR Discussion Paper Series, No. 102/2008, Nairobi. Omolo, O.J, Akoten J.E, Mariara, J.K and Ng’ang’a K.T (2007): “Trafficking In Persons From A Labour Perspective: The Case of Kenya”, IPAR Discussion Paper Series, No. 101/2007, Nairobi. Omolo, O.J, (2007): “Civil Service Reform Policy in Kenya: A Review of the Retrenchment Strategy”, Perspectives: An Academic Journal of Daystar University, Vol. 1(2) pp 161-174 Omolo, O.J, (2007): “Wage Determination in the Civil Service: Which Way for Kenya?”, IPAR Discussion Paper Series, No. 90/2007, Nairobi. Apiyo, H.A and Omolo, O.J, (2006): “Civil Service Reform Policy in Kenya: A Review of the Retrenchment Strategy”, IPAR Discussion Paper Series, No. 80/2006, Nairobi. Omolo, O.J (2006): “The Textile and Clothing Industry in Kenya” in Herbert Jauch and Rudolf Traub-Merz (Eds), The Future of Textile and Clothing Industry in SubSaharan Africa, Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Omolo, O.J, Manyengo, J.U and Pauline, N.M (2006): “Impact of UK Purchasing Practices on Small and Medium Businesses in Kenya”, IPAR Working Paper Series,No. 06/2005, Nairobi. Omolo, O.J and Omiti, J (2005): “Difficulties of Employment Creation in Micro and Small Enterprises in Kenya?”, IPAR Discussion Paper Series, No. 71/2005, Nairobi. Omolo, O.J and Omiti, J (2004): “Is Minimum Wage Policy Effective in Kenya?”, IPAR Discussion Paper Series, No. 54/2004, Nairobi. Omiti, J.M, Omolo, O.J and Manyengo, J.U (2004):”Policy Constraints in Vegetable Marketing in Kenya”, IPAR Discussion Paper Series, No. 61/2004, Nairobi. Omolo, O.J, Machuka, S.M., Onkunya, J.N., and Chune, N.C (2004):”LabourManagement Partnership in Small and Medium Enterprises: The Case of Kenya”, A study conducted for ILO Geneva. Omolo, O.J and Apiyo, H.A (2003): “Employment and Labour Market Policies in Kenya: Towards Harmonization of Labour Market Policies in East Africa”, A study conducted for the East African Community Secretariat, Arusha, Tanzania Omolo, O.J (2003): “The Impact of Minimum Wages on Private Sector Employment in Kenya, 1970- 2001”, Unpublished MAEPM Research Project, Makerere University Institute of Economics, Kampala. Omolo, O.J (2002): “An Overview of Incomes and Wage Policy in Kenya: Effectiveness and Constraints to Productivity Enhancement”, A paper presented during a Productivity Policy and Legal Framework Workshop, Mombasa 2-4th December. Omolo, O.J (2001): “Wage Determination in the Unionized Private Sector in Kenya, 1980-97” Maseno University Journal of Education, Arts and Sciences, Vol. 4. No.1 (July), pp 74-85 Referees Dr. Nelson H.W Wawire Ag. Dean, School of Economics, Kenyatta University P.o Box 43844, 00100, Nairobi. Tel. 0722347139 8

Dr. Tom Kimani African Economic Research Consortium Nairobi. Tel 0722931783 Dr. John Almadi Obere, Senior Lecturer School of Economics Kenyatta University P.o Box 43844, 00100, Nairobi. Tel 0733552410

9