Styvers Kathuni joined the Millennium Water Alliance as Program Director and Country Representative for Kenya in January 2022. In January 2024, he was promoted to Country Director for MWA Kenya and is the Chief of Party of USAID STAWI Mashinani Activity. Styvers has worked for over 15 years in design and management of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) activities in Africa. Prior to joining MWA, he worked at SweetSense Inc. as the Regional Director for Africa. Styvers has also worked for Caritas Embu, Save the Children and Catholic Relief Services – in Kenya and South Sudan, where he held various positions – Technical Supervisor, WASH Engineer, Project/Program Manager and Technical Advisor. He was also seconded to the Ministry of Roads and later the Ministry of Water and Irrigation in Kenya to support European Commission and IFAD funded projects. Styvers is involved in multi-year, multi-donor funded projects in Kenya, Ethiopia and Nigeria and closely collaborates with the Mortenson CenterÌýin drought and water related research work.
Education
- MS, Water Supply and Sanitation, Kenyatta University
- BS, Water and Environmental Engineering, Egerton University
Recent Publications
Kathuni, S., Akunga, D., Kitur, E. & Letema, S. (2021). School hygiene promotion approaches and their influence on pupil’s hygiene practices in public primary schools in Dagoretti, Nairobi City County, Kenya. Global Journal of Health Sciences, 6 (1), 60 – 75.
Thomas, E., Wilson, D., Kathuni, S., Libey, A., Chintalapati, P., & Coyle, J. (2021). A contribution to drought resilience in East Africa through groundwater pump monitoring informed by in-situ instrumentation, remote sensing and ensemble machine learning Science of The Total Environment, 780, 146486.
Thomas, E., Kathuni, S., Wilson, D., Muragijimana, C., Sharpe, T., Kaberia, D., Macharia, D., Kebede, A. & Birhane, P. (2020). The Drought Resilience Impact Platform (DRIP) - Improving water security through actionable water management insights. Frontiers in Climate, 2(6)