Kibabii University has appointed Joshua Ondura Ogendo as its Acting Vice-Chancellor. Ogendo is an agricultural researcher and academic with nearly 30 years of experience in university teaching, research and administration.
Ogendo assumed the position on October 26, 2026. He previously served as the university's Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Academics and Students Affairs, a role he took up in January 2025
Ogendo's academic career was largely shaped at Egerton University, where he spent more than two decades rising through the ranks to become a professor and senior university administrator.
He joined Egerton in July 1997 as an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Agronomy. Between 2009 and 2014, he served as Chairman of the Department of Crops, Horticulture and Soils, and he was Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture for two terms between 2014 and 2018.
He later headed the Crop Management Research Training Project from 2019 to 2021 and was then appointed Principal of Nakuru City Campus College, a position he held until 2024.
Ogendo is a Professor of Agronomy specialising in Crop Protection and Stored Products Entomology. He holds a PhD in Agronomy from Egerton University, obtained in 2008, an MSc in Agronomy from the University of Nairobi and an MSc in Grain Storage Management from the University of Greenwich in the United Kingdom. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture from the University of Nairobi.
He is a researcher in sustainable agriculture, biological pest control, botanical pesticides, crop protection and post-harvest technologies. He has authored and co-authored more than 60 peer-reviewed scientific publications, book chapters and research reports covering agricultural research, food security and postgraduate training.
His professional engagements extend beyond Kenya. He has served as President of the International Society of Pesticidal Plants and as Chair of the Pesticidal Plant Technologies Network (PEPTEN) in Kenya.
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