A first for Kenya as scholar lands continental post

Godwin Murunga in his library at his Kahawa Sukari home last week. [PHOTO: EDWARD KIPLIMO/STANDARD]

Kenyan scholar Godwin Murunga has been appointed executive secretary of one of Africa’s leading research organisations. The appointment comes at a time when research, particularly in social sciences, seems to be shunned by Kenya’s institutions of higher learning.

A statement from the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (Codesria) early in the week named the Kenyan as the seventh executive secretary of the organisation.